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NWI south africa diamonds

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Seen on: 06/21/2012

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Rope of Sand (1949)

Directed by William Dieterle

Adventure | Drama | Crime

Most recently watched by sensoria

Overview

Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.

Rated NR | Length 104 minutes

Actors

Peter Lorre | Paul Henreid | Claude Rains | Sam Jaffe | Burt Lancaster | Hayden Rorke | Edmund Breon | Corinne Calvet | Mike Mazurki | John Bromfield | Kenny Washington | David Thursby | Josef Marais | Miranda Marais

Viewing Notes

An interesting, though not entirely successful, film with a great cast! Lancaster does his usual standup job, but the real scene stealer is Claude Rains as Arthur Martingale, the mine owner. He plays an affable, double dealing, can’t-quite-trust-him, but still likeable character and does a great job at it. Corinne Calvet does a great job as well, and she’s pretty easy on the eyes as they used to say.

Certainly not a classic, but still an interesting watch.

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