Brando plays William Walker, a 19th-century British businessman, who is competitive and conceited. The British government sent him to a Portuguese-controlled sugar island in the Caribbean to launch a slave rebellion, giving Britain an advantage in the sugar trade. Walker was so successful that he trained Jose Dulos, a local man, to be the leader of the slaves, thinking that he could rest easy. Unexpectedly, when he returned to the island in England, he found that Dulos had become an unruly bully, so he dealt with him personally.
Burn! movie plot
2022-10-11 13:17
Extended Reading
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Sir William Walker: That's the logic of profit, isn't it, my dear Shelton? One builds to make money. And to go on making it or to make more, sometimes it's necessary to destroy.
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Sir William Walker: Do you know why this island is called Queimada? Because it was already burnt once, and do you know why? Because even then, it was the only way to conquer the resistance of the people and after that, the Portuguese exploited the island in peace for nearly 300 years.