In the Transvaal, in 1900, the British army condemns to death an American mining engineer for aiding and abetting the Boer enemy. The engineer escapes from custody and takes refuge at an isolated Boer farm. When three deserters from the British army arrive on the scene, the engineer takes steps to protect himself and the Boer family.
08-07-1969
1h 49m
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George Montgomery
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George Montgomery was boxing champion at the University of Montana, where he majored in architecture and interior design. Dropping out a year later, he decided to take up boxing more seriously, and moved to California, where he was coached by ex-heavyweight world champion James J. Jeffries. While in Hollywood, he came to the attention of the studios (not least, because he was an expert rider) and was hired as a stuntman in 1935. After doing this for four years, George was offered a contract at 20th Century Fox in 1939, but found himself largely confined to leads in B-westerns. He did not secure a part in anything even remotely like a prestige picture, until his co-starring role in Roxie Hart (1942), opposite Ginger Rogers. Next, in Orchestra Wives (1942), he played the perfunctory love interest for Ann Rutherford -- though both, inevitably, ended up playing second trombone to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.
In 1947, George got his first serious break, being cast as Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe, in The Brasher Doubloon (1947). Reviewers, however, compared his performance unfavourably with that of Humphrey Bogart and found the film 'pallid' overall. So it was back to the saddle for George. Unable to shake his image as a cowboy actor, he starred in scores of films with titles like Belle Starr's Daughter (1948), Dakota Lil (1950), Jack McCall Desperado (1953) and Masterson of Kansas (1954) at Columbia, and for producer Edward Small at United Artists. When not cleaning up the Wild West with his six-shooter, he branched out into adventure films set in exotic locales (notably as Harry Quartermain in Watusi (1959)). During the 60's, he also wrote, directed and starred in several long-forgotten, low-budget wartime potboilers made in the Philippines.
At the height of his popularity, George attracted as much publicity for his acting, as for his liaisons with glamorous stars, like Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr (to whom he was briefly engaged) and singer Dinah Shore (whom he married in 1943). After his retirement from the film business, he devoted himself to his love of painting, furniture-making and sculpting bronze busts, including one of his close friend Ronald Reagan.
Brian O'Shaughnessy was born on May 5, 1931 in Aldershot, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), Shangani Patrol (1970) and Fraud! (1974). He died on July 14, 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa.
Simon Sabela was born on March 10, 1931 in Durban, South Africa. He was an actor and director, known for Zulu (1964), Zulu Dawn (1979) and Der Rivonia-Prozess (1966). He died in 1994.
Kenneth Baker was born on September 22, 1921 in Great Dunmow, Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls (1992), Zulu Dawn (1979) and H.M.S. Pinafore (1981). He died on September 18, 2010 in Southsea, Hampshire, England, UK.
