Tamango (1958)

Set in 1820, the Dutch captain (Curt Jurgens) of a slave ship is on his way back to Cuba after procuring a cargo full of slaves off the African coast. But one of the slaves, a lion hunter named Tamango (Alex Cressan) plots a mutiny against the slave ship's crew rather than submit to enslavement. The captain's black mistress (Dorothy Dandridge) will play a crucial role in the battle between master and slave. Based upon the short story by Prosper Marimee (CARMEN) and directed by John Berry. A film that has an overt sexual relationship between a white man and a black woman and blacks massacring whites clearly didn't come out of 1958 Hollywood. Although filmed in English, the movie is a French and Italian production. Outside of New York, the film wasn't released widely in the U.S. until 1962 because of the miscegenation issue. I'm surprised the film isn't better known today considering not only how daring it was for the time but it still retains a punch. John Berry isn't very well known today but he was one of many blacklisted directors who fled to Europe to get work. Worth seeking out. With Jean Servais and Roger Hanin.