Rope of Sand
Rope of Sand is a 1949 American adventure-suspense film noir directed by William Dieterle, produced by Hal Wallis, and starring Burt Lancaster and three stars from Wallis's Casablanca – Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Peter Lorre. The film introduces Corinne Calvet and features Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, and Kenny Washington in supporting roles. The picture is set in South West Africa. Desert portions of the film were shot in Yuma, Arizona.
Plot
Hunting guide Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) came across a cache of diamonds in a mining area, located in a remote region of South West Africa. He was caught by the mine's police, but refused to reveal the diamonds' location, even under torture at the hand of the diamond company's security chief, Vogel (Paul Henreid). He left South Africa for some time.
More details
| author | Walter Doniger |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | South Africa |
| director | William Dieterle |
| editor | Warren Low |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | diamond mining discover hunting guide mine portuguese angola secret location south west south west africa than the west africa |
| musicBy | Franz Waxman |
| producer | Hal B. Wallis |
| productionCompany | Wallis-Hazen |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | film noir |