King Solomon's Mines

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King Solomon's Mines (1937)

07/02/1937 (US) Action, Adventure, Drama 1h 20m

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Overview

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Robert Stevenson

Director
H. Rider Haggard

Novel
Roland Pertwee

Screenplay
A.R. Rawlinson

Writer
Michael Hogan

Writer
Ralph Spence

Writer
Charles Bennett

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Top Billed Cast

Paul Robeson

Umbopa
Cedric Hardwicke

Allan Quartermain
Anna Lee

Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien
Roland Young

Cmdr. John Good
John Loder

Sir Henry Curtis
Frederick Leister

Diamond Buyer
Robert Adams

Twala
Tony Wane

Infadoos
Arthur Sinclair

O'Brien
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A super boy's-own adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard story. At first, Sir Cedric Hardwicke comes across as a slightly stilted "Allan Quartermain" but he soon finds his rhythm and together with John Loder and Anna Lee sets off to find her long lost father as he searched deepest Africa for the legendary treasure of King Solomon. Along the way they encounter an outcast "Umbopa" (Paul Robeson) who helps guide them. Clearly they have spent some cash on this production and I think it shows; the story is fluidly directed by Robert Stevenson and we even get a song! It's riddled with colonial attitudes... read the rest.

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