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Director:
Ralph Nelson
Writers:
Rodney Amateau (writer)
Peter Driscoll (novel)
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Release Date:
February 1975 (Austria) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
In the fight for freedom, you have to break all the rules.
Plot:
Black anti-apartheid activist and British engineer are forced to run from South African secret police. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Caine and Poitier playing the dozens while on the run! more (12 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Dec. 1212:00 AMTCM   

Cast

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Sidney Poitier ... Shack Twala

Michael Caine ... Jim Keogh

Nicol Williamson ... Major Horn
Prunella Gee ... Rina Van Niekirk

Saeed Jaffrey ... Mukarjee
Persis Khambatta ... Persis Ray
Rijk de Gooyer ... Van Heerden (as Ryk De Gooyer)

Rutger Hauer ... Blane Van Niekirk
Patrick Allen ... District Commissioner
Joe De Graft ... Wilby Xaba
Archie Duncan ... Gordon
Abdulla Sunado ... Village Headman
Helmut Dantine ... Prosecuting Counsel
Peter Pearce ... Highway Policeman
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
105 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | UK:15 (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (original rating) | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | UK:AA (original rating)
Filming Locations:
Kenya more
Company:
Baum/Dantine Productions more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: While hiding the car in a village on the way to Johannesburg, Twali speaks Swahili with the villagers. Swahili is only spoken in East and Central Africa, for example in Kenya, the location of the shooting, but not in South Africa. more
Movie Connections:
References Aamne Samne (1967) more
Soundtrack:
Geliefde Man more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Caine and Poitier playing the dozens while on the run!, 16 August 2006
8/10
Author: mike dewey from canton, ohio

A fun politically charged, fast-paced action drama. No politically correct dialog here, as the principals give no quarter when the name calling and racial badgering ensues. A White man and a Black man are thrown together on a political twist of fate and have to overcome their mutual disdain for one another if either of them is to survive. Caine and Poitier, in my humble estimation, do a bang-up job of fulfilling the requirements of their respective roles. Not widely known nor often mentioned, Prunella Gee does a nice job as Caine's sweetheart and Poitier's legal/political confidant, especially as it pertains to her keeping the peace between them so that they can achieve the task at hand.

What is also interesting is to see that even though Indian people and indigenous Blacks were similarly discriminated against in S. Africa (esp. during apartheid), there is still racial friction between those two groups. Not particularly earth-shattering news to many people, but a subject not often underscored in most modern cinematic fare.

If you like political melodrama with good plot development and plenty of action, you should like this one.

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