The read
It runs a compact 1h 26m.
Synopsis
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
Ratings
IMDb5.5/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- David MacDonaldDirector
- Robert WesterbyScreenplay
Cast
- Dennis PriceClive Hunter
- Jack HawkinsPieter Brandt
- Siobhán McKennaAnne Hunter
- Peter HammondHendrik van Thaal
- Grégoire AslanDominic
- Charles PatonBarman
- Bernard LeeO'Connell
- Ronald AdamVan Thaal
- Martin BoddeyChief Engineer
- Philip Ray1st Man Restaurant
- Walter Horsbrugh2nd Man Restaurant
- Cyril ChamberlainWaiter
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