The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Michael SpolianskiOriginal Music Composer
- Zoltan KordaDirector
Cast
- Paul RobesonBosambo
- Leslie BanksR.G. Sanders
- Nina Mae McKinneyLilongo
- Robert CochranLieutenant Tibbets
- Martin WalkerJ. Ferguson
- Tony WaneKing Mofolaba
- Marqués De PortagoFarini
- Eric MaturinSmith
- Allan JeayesFather O'Leary
- Charles CarsonGovernor of the Territory
- Richard GreyCaptain Hamilton
Stills
Themes
slaverynigeriabritish colonial