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Rope of Sand is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 3 august 1949 with Burt Lancaster
Rope of Sand (1949)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 3 august 1949
Length 1h44
Directed by William Dieterle
OriginUSA
Themes Films set in Africa
Rating65%
Rope of Sand is a 1949 adventure-suspense film noir produced by Hal Wallis and directed by William Dieterle. Set in South West Africa, the film stars Wallis contract star Burt Lancaster and three stars from Wallis's Casablanca; Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. The film introduces Corinne Calvet, and features Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield and Kenny Washington in supporting roles. Desert portions of the film were shot in Yuma, Arizona.
Synopsis
Hunting guide Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) comes across a cache of diamonds in a remote region of South West Africa, but refuses to reveal its location even under torture at the hand of the diamond company's security chief, Vogel.Actors
Burt Lancaster
(Michael (Mike) Davis)
Paul Henreid
(Commandant Paul G. Vogel)
Claude Rains
(Arthur 'Fred' Martingale)
Corinne Calvet
(Mademoiselle Suzanne Renaud aka Aniseneletette Duringreaud)
Peter Lorre
(Toady)
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