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28 May 1969 (USA)
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Africa Seethes! Adventure Flames! In The Story Of "The Southern Star"-- The World's Most Prized Diamond! more
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Comedy adventure based on a Jules Verne novel about the ups and downs of jewel thieves in the wilds of Africa circa 1900...
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Mmmm, stock footage...and Matt Monro!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | George Segal | ... | Dan |
 | Ursula Andress | ... | Erica Kramer |
 | Orson Welles | ... | Plankett |
 | Ian Hendry | ... | Karl |
| Johnny Sekka | ... | Matakit |
| Michel Constantin | ... | Jose |
| Georges Géret | ... | Andre |
| Sylvain Levignac | ... | Louis (as Sylvain) |
| Charles Lamb | ... | Todd |
| Guy Delorme | ... | Michael |
| Harry Andrews | ... | Kramer |
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L'étoile du sud (France)
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Netherlands:102 min | USA:104 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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While living in exile in London, author André Laurie, pseudonym for politician Paschal Grousset (1845-1909), wrote the original version of the book which was later published as The Southern Star Mystery (1884). André Laurie legally renounced title to the story, rewritten and published by Jules Verne. Laurie and Verne would collaborate on at least two other novels. It was a strange collaboration, Laurie being politically a long way to the left of Verne.
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THE SOUTHERN STAR
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Yes, The Southern Star features a pretty forgettable title tune sung by that heavy set crooner Matt Monro. It pretty much establishes the tone for this bloated and rather dull feature, stunningly miscast with George Segal and Ursula Andress as an adventurous couple in search of a large diamond. Add in Harry Andrews (with a strange accent, no less) chasing an ostrich, tons of stock footage of wildlife, and poorly composed and dull photography by Raoul Coutard, and you end up with a thoroughly unexciting romp through the jungles of Senegal.