Diamond Head (film)

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Diamond Head
Directed by	Guy Green
Produced by	Jerry Bresler
Written by	Peter Gilman Marguerite Roberts
Starring	Charlton Heston Yvette Mimieux George Chakiris France Nuyen James Darren Aline MacMahon Elizabeth Allen
Music by	John Williams
Cinematography	Sam Leavitt
Editing by	William A. Lyon
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	January 30, 1963
Running time	107 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
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Diamond Head was a 1963 movie starring Charlton Heston and Yvette Mimieux, directed by Guy Green. The original music score was composed by John Williams.

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Charlton Heston	Richard "King" Howland
Yvette Mimieux	Sloan Howland
George Chakiris	Dr. Dean Kahana
France Nuyen	Mai Chen
James Darren	Paul Kahana
Aline MacMahon	Kappa Lani Kahana
Elizabeth Allan	Laura Beckett
Vaughn Taylor	Judge James Blanding
Philip Ahn	Mr. Immacona
Edward Mallory	Robert Parsons

[edit] Plot summary

Richard "King" Howland is a swaggering bigot land-baron living on the Big Island of Hawaii. He objects when his sister announces she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a native Hawaiian. But in the meantime, Howland is having a torrid affair with Mai Chen. During Sloan and Paul's engagement party, Mai Chen's brother comes at Howland with a knife, but Paul intercedes and is killed. Bitter at Howland for Paul's death, Sloan runs off to Honolulu where she is taken in by Paul's brother Dean and his family.

Meanwhile, Mei Chen gives birth to Howland's child but dies during childbirth. Ever the rabid racist, Howland refuses the accept the child and Sloan takes it upon herself to care for the baby. After an angry fight with Sloan and Dean, Howland is confronted with a personal dilemma — whether to continue on with his close-minded ways or to welcome his newborn son into his family.