Producer Hal Wallis evidently hoped to recapture the magic of his earlier Casablanca with 1949's Rope of Sand. To that end, he hired three of Casablanca's supporting players: Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre. This time, Henreid is the villain, a sadistic police inspector named Paul Vogel. Stationed somewhere in Africa, Vogel hopes to find a legendary lost diamond field. His principal rival in this endeavor is jewel thief Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster), who continues bouncing back from every death trap lain for him ...
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Producer Hal Wallis evidently hoped to recapture the magic of his earlier Casablanca with 1949's Rope of Sand. To that end, he hired three of Casablanca's supporting players: Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre. This time, Henreid is the villain, a sadistic police inspector named Paul Vogel. Stationed somewhere in Africa, Vogel hopes to find a legendary lost diamond field. His principal rival in this endeavor is jewel thief Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster), who continues bouncing back from every death trap lain for him by the ill-tempered Vogel. The scenes in which Davis is subjected to various physical tortures is pretty raw for a 1940s film. Claude Rains co-stars as a diamond syndicate head misleadingly named Toady, while Peter Lorre does his shifty-mercenary act. Billed ninth as the nominal heroine is Hal Wallis' latest discovery, French actress/singer Corinne Calvet. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Sam Jaffe. Fine in very good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 104 mins. Aspect ratio: 1.37: 1. Originally released: 1949.
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Corinne Calvet, Sam Jaffe, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre, Claude Rains, Burt Lancaster. New. 1949 Run time: 104. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
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Jaffe, Sam, Henreid, Paul, Lancaster, Burt, Lorre, Peter. New. 1949 Run time: 104. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
Excellent movie with Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Peter Lorre and the ever talented Claude Rains. A real treat to see all these great actors in a movie I had never seen before. A+++
Lawrence G
Dec 13, 2012
Great retibution
I consider this one of Lancaster's best. The diamond is the hardest of all matter and must destroy all it comes in contact with: glass, steel, the human soul. Except when it comes into contact with human integrity and morality - something that is so rare in the liberal society in which we now live.
Lancaster demonstrates that it has existed in the past - whether it does now in the age of liberal lies is now in doubt.
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