Diamond Head (1963)
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Charlton Heston, portraying swaggering bigot land-baron Richard "King" Howland on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, does a spit take when his sister Sloan (Yvette Mimieux) announces that she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a 100% native Hawaiian (played by 100% native Philadelphian James Darren).… More Charlton Heston, portraying swaggering bigot land-baron Richard "King" Howland on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, does a spit take when his sister Sloan (Yvette Mimieux) announces that she plans to marry Paul Kahana, a 100% native Hawaiian (played by 100% native Philadelphian James Darren). But Howland, in the meantime, is having a torrid affair with Mei Chen (France Nuyen). During Sloan and Paul's engagement party, Mei Chen's brother comes at Howland with a knife, but Paul intercedes and is killed. Sloan, bitter at Howland for Paul's death, runs off to Honolulu, where she is taken in by Paul's brother Dean (George Chakiris) and his family. Meanwhile, Mei Chen gives birth to Howland's child but dies during childbirth. Howland, ever the rabid racist, refuses to accept the child and Sloan takes it upon herself to care for it. After an angry fight with Sloan and Dean, Howland is confronted with a personal dilemma -- whether to continue on with his closed-minded ways or to welcome his newborn son into his family. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
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Cast
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Charlton Heston
as Richard "King" Howland
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Yvette Mimieux
as Sloan Howland
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George Chakiris
as Dr. Dean Kahana
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France Nuyen
as Mei Chen
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James Darren
as Paul Kahana
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Aline MacMahon
as Kapiolani Kahana
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Elizabeth Allen (I)
as Laura Beckett
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Vaughan Taylor
as Judge James Blanding
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Marc Marno
as Bobbie Chen
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Philip Ahn
as Emekona
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Harold Fong
as Coyama
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Edward Mallory
as Robert Parsons
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Lou Gonsalves
as Mario
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Frank Morriss
as Felipe
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Clarence Kim
as Sammy
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Yankee Chang
as Newspaperman
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Kam Fong Chun
as Loe Kim Lee
- Erica Boyer
- Tom Byron
- Billy Dee Williams
- Krista Lane
- Elle Rio
- John Leslie
