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Fortune in Diamonds is a British film of genre Adventure directed by David MacDonald released in USA on 7 december 1951 with Jack Hawkins
Fortune in Diamonds (1951)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 7 december 1951
Length 1h26
Directed by David MacDonald
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating55%
The Adventurers is a 1951 British adventure film directed by David MacDonald and starring Jack Hawkins, Peter Hammond and Dennis Price. In the wake of the Boer War several men journey into the South African veldt in search of diamonds. The film was cut by 12 minutes for its U.S. release, and was twice retitled, as Fortune in Diamonds and The Great Adventure.
Synopsis
As the Boer War finalizes 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.Actors
Jack Hawkins
(Pieter Brandt)
Dennis Price
(Clive Hunter)
Peter Hammond
Grégoire Aslan
(Dominic)
Charles Paton
(Barman)
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