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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.

Release Date : 1949-08-03

Language :AfrikaansEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Paramount Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Burt Lancaster

Character Name : Michael (Mike) Davis

Original Name : Burt Lancaster

Gender : Male

Paul Henreid

Character Name : Commandant Paul G. Vogel

Original Name : Paul Henreid

Gender : Male

Claude Rains

Character Name : Arthur 'Fred' Martingale

Original Name : Claude Rains

Gender : Male

Peter Lorre

Character Name : Toady

Original Name : Peter Lorre

Gender : Male

Corinne Calvet

Character Name : Mademoiselle Suzanne Renaud aka Aniseneletette Duringreaud

Original Name : Corinne Calvet

Gender : Female

Sam Jaffe

Character Name : Dr. Francis Kittridge Hunter

Original Name : Sam Jaffe

Gender : Male

John Bromfield

Character Name : Thompson (guard)

Original Name : John Bromfield

Gender : Male

Mike Mazurki

Character Name : Pierson (guard)

Original Name : Mike Mazurki

Gender : Male

Kenny Washington

Character Name : John

Original Name : Kenny Washington

Gender : Male

Edmund Breon

Character Name : Parker, Chairman of the Board

Original Name : Edmund Breon

Gender : Male

Hayden Rorke

Character Name : Ingram

Original Name : Hayden Rorke

Gender : Male

David Thursby

Character Name : Henry (bartender)

Original Name : David Thursby

Gender : Male

Josef Marais

Character Name : South African Veldt Singer

Original Name : Josef Marais

Gender : Male

Miranda Marais

Character Name : South African Veldt Singer

Original Name : Miranda Marais

Gender : Male

Everett Brown

Character Name : Batsuma Chief

Original Name : Everett Brown

Gender : Male

Russell Custer

Character Name : Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)

Original Name : Russell Custer

Gender : Male

Georges Renavent

Character Name : Jacques -- Headwaiter (uncredited)

Original Name : Georges Renavent

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2022-04-04

Paul Henreid is actually quite menacing here, as the domineering commandant "Vogel". He is charged with making sure that nothing is smuggled out of the diamond mines under his charge. Burt Lancaster ("Davis") arrives back after a previous encounter with this nemesis, this time determined to retrace his steps and recover the large treasure he was forced to abandon previously. What now ensues delivers us a pretty well-trodden narrative as these two men try to outwit the other. The duplicitous mine manager "Martingale" (Claude Rains) alights on a cunning plan to get "Suzanne" (Corinne Calvet) to use her wiles on "Davis" to try and discover the location of the lode - but she has other ideas! With the seedy "Toady" (Peter Lorre) also whispering in his ear too, the scene is set for quite a tense battle of wills. The cast looks great on paper, and Lancaster and Rains are good, too - but somehow it doesn't quite click. The story takes far too long to get underway, and when the it does it rushes through a series of set-piece scenarios before an ending that I found rather too predictable.