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07/01/1955 Romance, Drama 1h 39m
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Overview

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.

  1. Brian Desmond Hurst

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dirk Bogarde

    Alan Howard

  2. Donald Sinden

    Inspector Drummond

  3. Virginia McKenna

    Mary Crawford

  4. Basil Sydney

    Mr Crawford

  5. Marie Ney

    Mrs Crawford

  6. Joseph Tomelty

    Doctor Hughes

  7. Earl Cameron

    Karanja

  8. Orlando Martins

    Headman

  9. Frank Singuineau

    Waweru

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-02-18
"Howard" (Dirk Bogarde) arrives in colonial East Africa just as the Mau-Mau rebellion is gathering pace. His farm is adjacent to that of the "Crawford" family - Basil Sydney, Marie Ney and daughter "Mary" (Virginia McKenna) and fairly swiftly, their community starts to more fully appreciate the increasing dangers they face. As the native population become more audacious with their activities many want to flee, many want to try harder to work and share with their dispossessed African neighbours whilst others want to use the full force of "Insp. Drummond" (Donald Sinden) and his thinly spread po...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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