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Rope of Sand
“Savage Greed...Sultry Love...Wild Adventure!”
Story of a South African diamond mine watched over by a sadistic policeman tasked with looking out for smugglers.
Directed by William Dieterle
58
User score
35 votes
Status
Released
Released
August 3, 1949
Runtime
1h 44m
Language
Afrikaans, English
Top cast
Burt Lancaster
Michael (Mike) Davis
Paul Henreid
Commandant Paul G. Vogel
Claude Rains
Arthur 'Fred' Martingale
Peter Lorre
Toady
Corinne Calvet
Mademoiselle Suzanne Renaud aka Aniseneletette Duringreaud
Sam Jaffe
Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter
John Bromfield
Thompson (guard)
Mike Mazurki
Pierson (guard)
Kenny Washington
John
Edmund Breon
Parker, Chairman of the Board
Hayden Rorke
Ingram
David Thursby
Henry (bartender)
Josef Marais
South African Veldt Singer
Miranda Marais
South African Veldt Singer
Everett Brown
Batsuma Chief
Russell Custer
Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Georges Renavent
Jacques -- Headwaiter (uncredited)
