Fortune in Diamonds

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As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.

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Production Details

Languages: English

Director: David MacDonald

Starring Cast: Dennis Price, Jack Hawkins, Siobhán McKenna, Peter Hammond, Grégoire Aslan, Charles Paton

Cast

Dennis Price

Clive Hunter

Jack Hawkins

Pieter Brandt

Siobhán McKenna

Anne Hunter

Peter Hammond

Hendrik van Thaal

Grégoire Aslan

Dominic

Charles Paton

Barman

Bernard Lee

O'Connell

Ronald Adam

Van Thaal

Martin Boddey

Chief Engineer

Philip Ray

1st Man Restaurant

Walter Horsbrugh

2nd Man Restaurant

Cyril Chamberlain

Waiter

Dido Plumb

Bar Patron

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