Rope of Sand

Rope of Sand

1949 · 104 min · EN · NR · 5.9 (37 votes)
Dir. William Dieterle · Starring Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet, Sam Jaffe · Music Franz Waxman

“Savage Greed...Sultry Love...Wild Adventure!”

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Two years after trespassing on South African diamond company land, safari guide Mike Davis returns, but, instead of sending his heavy, the manager hires a seductive adventuress to ferret out his secrets, unaware of the extent Davis is willing to go.

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A sun-baked, morally ambiguous thriller where avarice and desperation simmer beneath a veneer of colonial order. Expect a slow-burn descent into treacherous dealings, punctuated by bursts of intense, high-stakes action.

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