Temptation
Cast & Crew
Edmond T. Gréville
Magali Noël
Dawn Addams
Rossana Podestà
Christian Marquand
Charles Akerman
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Victoria, an English nurse, Caterina, her Italian colleague, and Jane, a secretary from Canada [France?], find themselves sharing a lifeboat with Patrick, a French war correspondent, after the Red Cross ship in which they were returning from Korea is sunk. They land on a small volcanic island in the Indian Ocean, and conflicting passions soon come into play. Rebuffed by the cold Victoria, Patrick becomes romantically involved with the innocent Caterina, who loves him but refuses to become physically intimate. The carnal Jane bids for his attentions, and they carry on a sexual relationship. After the departure of Caterina, who leaves in the patched lifeboat to find help and is drowned in a storm, it is revealed by Victoria that Jane is a psychopath whom she was escorting back to face a murder charge. Victoria, too, becomes intimate with Patrick, and the possessive Jane kills her by pushing her off a cliff. When a boat is seen on the horizon, Jane, unable to keep Patrick from signaling for help, jumps from a cliff to her death.
Director
Edmond T. Gréville
Crew
Charles Akerman
Jack Andrews
Charles Aznavour
Eddie Barclay
Fernand Bernardi
Rémy Bernardi
Jacques Boutinot
Majo Brandley
Philippe Brun
François Carron
Henri Crouzat
Claude Desvernet
Jean Douarinou
Jean-claude Evangelou
Edmond T. Gréville
Edmond T. Gréville
Jean-pierre Landreau
Jacques Lebreton
Jacques Lemare
Lucie Lichtig
Annie Marolt
Marie-rose Mascarello
Marguerite Monnot
Marcel Occelli
Louis A. Pascal
Louis A. Pascal
Louis Pointet
Clo Ramoin
Gustave Raulet
Jean Ravel
Odette Rey
William Shelton
Aldo Spaperi
Alex Tomatis
Marthe Toti
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Filmed on location in Théoule, Cap Ferrat, and Île de Porquerolles, France. Opened in Nice in February 1959 as L'île du bout du monde; running time: 104 min.
