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Sanders of the River (1935)British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930's rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief. Director:Zoltan Korda |
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Cast
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Bosambo
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Leslie Banks | ... | |
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Lilongo
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Robert Cochran | ... |
Lieutenant Tibbets
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Martin Walker | ... |
J. Ferguson
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Richard Grey | ... |
Captain Hamilton
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Tony Wane | ... |
King Mofolaba
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Marqués De Portago | ... |
Farini
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Eric Maturin | ... |
Smith
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Allan Jeayes | ... |
Father O'Leary
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Charles Carson | ... |
Governor of the Territory
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Luao | ... |
Chief of the Wagenia [Congo] Tribe
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Kilongalonga | ... |
Chief of the Wagenia [Congo] Tribe
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Oboja | ... |
Chief of the Acholi Tribe
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Themselves
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British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930's rules his area strictly but justly, and struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief. Written by Michael Crew <m.crew@bbcnc.org.uk>
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 June 1935 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Bosambo See more »Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Music by Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis
Sung by 'Nina Mae McKinney', Paul Robeson
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Trivia
Some of the wonderful looking shots of African river scenes were in fact filmed on the River Thames at Shepperton. See more »Goofs
Although the film is nominally set in Nigeria (as shown on the map in Sanders' office), the aerial wildlife shots seem to have been taken in East Africa (e.g. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika). Given the presence of Jomo Kenyatta as an extra in the cast, it is likely that the African scenes were shot on the eastern coast of Africa rather than in Nigeria. See more »Soundtracks
"My Little Black Dove"Music by Mischa Spoliansky
Lyrics by Arthur Wimperis
Sung by 'Nina Mae McKinney', Paul Robeson
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Paul Robeson is the star in this Ripping Yarn, with the British keeping the 'picaninnies' under control in Nigeria.
A number of pastoral African scenes of the National Geographic variety (if you know what I mean) are included in this story of the conflict between two tribes in the African heartland.
Don't believe the undergraduate comments here - this is nowhere near as racist as the B grade American films made in the same era ("The Jazz Singer" for instance, and it's ilk), or TV series of the fifties - the Africans are dead glamorous and brave, and the British characters wooden and two-dimensional.