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Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, Paul Robeson, Roland Young

Though modern audiences may find the performances in this prototypical darkest-Africa adventure yarn somewhat creaky, vintage-film fans will relish this rousing adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's novel....( read more  read more... ) Sir Cedric Hardwicke stars as Allan Quartermain, a Great White Hunter who aids a young woman (Anna Lee, who was married to the film's director, Robert Stevenson) in locating her father, who has gone missing in his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon. With the assistance of the regal Umbopa (Paul Robeson), Quartermain and his party locate the mines, but quickly find themselves in the midst of two warring tribes. The use of African locations and indigenous tribesmen help to give the film a gritty authenticity, and the presence of the legendary Robeson (who sings three songs) adds a degree of historical importance to this engaging action-drama. --Paul Gaita

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Unrated, 80 min.

Directed by: Robert Stevenson

Release Date: July 26, 1937

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DVD Release Date: September 18, 2001

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  • gaijin
    May 22, 2007
    gaijin
    watched the remake... lets see how the original holds up.
  • jxxx84
    April 2, 2007
    jxxx84
    relly nice. Usely don't like old movie as this one, but this was nice
  • ragdollz
    November 6, 2006
    ragdollz
    this sounds like an interesting film
  • DemonicNightmare
    September 28, 2006
    DemonicNightmare
    This looks really crap.
  • canadaboyrm
    March 19, 2006
    canadaboyrm
    For an old movie, I guess it was alright.

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