She is rich and famous now, serenaded by elephants when she arrives but "they're still looking out for the murderer there". She falls in love with a poor photographer but marries a famous Hollywood producer, David Konig, played by Kirk Douglas. There after, Oueenie becomes a new woman with a new name: Dawn Avalon, ready to take on the world on her own terms. "You must know what kind of power you have over us." "Are you aware what happens to a man when he watches you," the owner asks her. With the money running out, Oueenie takes the only job she can find: as a stripper in a sleazy nightclub. Three months later, Oueenie and her beloved Uncle Morgan - brilliantly portrayed by Joel Gray - arrive on a boat to England, a cold sunless land where there are no jobs unless "you're white or happen to look white". He then accidentally falls down the balcony, and Oueenie is charged with his murder. She is raped by a senior British officer, a fat toady of a man whose daughter went to school with her. The grown-up Oueenie is beautiful and has the body of a goddess. "It's your black blood that makes you so exciting," he says, his lips drooling with desire. As a little girl, her English teacher tries to seduce her in a deserted class room. In sensational deviations from Korda's book, the director, Larry Peerce - his earlier films include Goodbye Columbus - sneaks in three rape attempts on Queenie. Her mixed blood makes her different, dangerous.
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