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The Naked Earth (1958)

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Film details

Featuring

Richard Todd Juliette Gréco John Kitzmiller
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1958
Genre

Period drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Adventures of an Irishman in 1890 Africa, who came to join a friend and instead finds his widow, a girl from Marseille, with whom he finally settles down after a series of incidents with both black and white people.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Danny
    
    Richard Todd
  - Maria
    
    Juliette Gréco
  - David
    
    John Kitzmiller
  - Father Verity
    
    Finlay Currie
  - Skins Trader
    
    Laurence Naismith
  - Al
    
    Christopher Rhodes
  - Tall Bearer
    
    Orlando Martins
  - Makasa
    
    Modesta
  - Makasa's Father
    
    Blasio Kiyaga
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Vincent Sherman
  - Production Company
    
    Foray Films
  - Production Company
    
    Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Ltd
  - Producer
    
    Adrian D. Worker
  - Screenplay
    
    Milton Holmes
  - Director of Photography
    
    Erwin Hillier
  - Editor
    
    Russell Lloyd
  - Art Director
    
    Terence Verity
  - Sound
    
    H.L. Bird
  - [Unit Publicist]
    
    Catherine O'Brien

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