Passion and Paradise

Passion and Paradise
Genre	Drama Mystery Thriller
Based on	Who Killed Sir Harry Oakes? by James Leasor
Written by	Andrew Laskos
Directed by	Harvey Hart
Starring	Armand Assante Catherine Mary Stewart
Music by	Hagood Hardy
Country of origin	United Kingdom Canada United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	W. Paterson Ferns Leonard Hill Peter Jefferies
Producers	Michael Custance Ian McDougall
Production locations	Jamaica Montego Bay, Cornwall, Jamaica
Cinematography	Albert J. Dunk
Editor	David Hill
Running time	185 min
Production companies	Picture Base International Primedia Productions Leonard Hill Films
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	February 19 (1989-02-19) – February 21, 1989 (1989-02-21)

Passion and Paradise is a 1989 American television crime-drama miniseries film directed by Harvey Hart and starring Armand Assante and Catherine Mary Stewart. For this film Hart won the Gemini Award for Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series. ^[1] It was based on the book 'Who killed Sir Harry Oakes' written by James Leasor. It was shot in Jamaica. ^[2]

Cast

• Armand Assante as Alfred de Marigny
• Catherine Mary Stewart as Nancy
• Rod Steiger as Sir Harry Oakes
• Mariette Hartley as Lady Oakes
• Kevin McCarthy as Harold Christie
• Michael Sarrazin as Mike Vincent
• Andrew Ray as Duke of Windsor
• Linda Griffiths as Duchess of Windsor
• Wayne Rogers as Raymond Schindler
• Johnny Sekka as Alfred Adderly
• Tim Woodward as Godfrey Higgs
• Gwynyth Walsh as Lee Kingsley
• Ron White as Lucky Luciano
• Sam Malkin as Meyer Lansky

References

1. Jerry Roberts (5 June 2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press, 2009. ISBN   978-0810863781.
2. Hal Erickson (2015). "Passion and Paradise (1989)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

External links

• Passion and Paradise at IMDb