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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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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Bosambo
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Leslie Banks | ... | |
| Nina Mae McKinney | ... |
Lilongo
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Robert Cochran | ... |
Lieutenant Tibbets
(as Robert Cochrane)
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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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Members of Acholi Tribe | ... |
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>
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.