South of Suez (1940)
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.
- Released
- 1940-11-16
- Genres
- Mystery, Drama, Adventure
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lewis Seiler, Barry Trivers
- TMDB rating
- 4.6/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- George Brent as John Gamble
- Brenda Marshall as Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
- George Tobias as Eli Snedeker
- James Stephenson as Inspector Thornton
- Lee Patrick as Delia Snedeker
- Eric Blore as Harold 'Limey' Wemsley
- Miles Mander as Roger Smythe
- Cecil Kellaway as Henry Putnam
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Putnam
- Gilbert Emery as Manders
- Stanley Logan as Prosecutor
- Frederick Worlock as Defense Counsel
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