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South of Suez

Where He Finds ADVENTURE You'll Find Thrills!
Nov 16, 1940 · 1h 26m
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Mystery
Drama
Adventure

PLOT

Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to strike it rich, kills Smythe and blames it on Gamble. Grabbing the diamonds, Gamble flees Africa to England where he changes his name and begins a new life. What he hasn't counted on, though, is meeting and falling in love with Smythe's daughter Katherine, who falls in love with him but can't marry him until she can deal with her hatred of John Gamble, the man she believes killed her father.

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CAST

George Brent
John Gamble
Brenda Marshall
Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
George Tobias
Eli Snedeker
James Stephenson
Inspector Thornton
Lee Patrick
Delia Snedeker
Eric Blore
Harold 'Limey' Wemsley
Miles Mander
Roger Smythe
Cecil Kellaway
Henry Putnam
Directed by Lewis Seiler

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US

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