Top billed cast

1. 

   Paul Robeson

   Umbopa

2. 

   Cedric Hardwicke

   Allan Quartermain

3. 

   Anna Lee

   Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien

4. 

   Roland Young

   Cmdr. John Good

5. 

   John Loder

   Sir Henry Curtis

6. 

   Frederick Leister

   Diamond Buyer

7. 

   Robert Adams

   Twala

8. 

   Tony Wane

   Infadoos

9. 

   Arthur Sinclair

   O'Brien

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20

A super boy's-own adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard story. At first, Sir Cedric Hardwicke comes across as a slightly stilted "Allan Quartermain" but he soon finds his rhythm and together with John Loder and Anna Lee sets off to find her long lost father as he searched deepest Africa for the legendary treasure of King Solomon. Along the way they encounter an outcast "Umbopa" (Paul Robeson) who helps guide them. Clearly they have spent some cash on this production and I think it shows; the story is fluidly directed by Robert Stevenson and we even get a song! It's riddled with colonial attitudes...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• based on novel or book
• diamond
• africa
• sandstorm
• map
• diamond mine
• south africa
• desert
• allan quatermain
• 19th century
• big game hunter