Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlbert Lewin
Written byAlbert Lewin
Starring
CinematographyJack Cardiff
Music byAlan Rawsthorne
Production
company
Distributed byInternational Film Distributors
Release date
  • February 1951 (1951-02) (United Kingdom)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languages
  • English
  • Catalan
  • Spanish
Budget$1.2 million[1]
Box office$1.6 million[2]
Statue of Ava Gardner as Pandora in Tossa de Mar, location where the filming took place.

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman is a 1951 British Technicolor romantic fantasy drama film written and directed by Albert Lewin. The screenplay is based on legend of the Flying Dutchman.

The film stars James Mason and Ava Gardner in the title roles, with Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Mario Cabré and Marius Goring supporting.

  1. ^ Thomas F. Brady (11 Feb 1951) "Hollywood Digest: Speculative Film-Making on Low Budgets Increases--Metro's Roving Directors Unusual Experiment Of 'Teresa', 'Flying Dutchman'", New York Times p. 97
  2. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.