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Sammy Going South (1963)
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick
“Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!”
Adventure · 2h 08m
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
Cast
Edward G. Robinson
Cocky Wainwright
Fergus McClelland
Sammy Hartland
Constance Cummings
Gloria van Imhoff
Paul Stassino
Spyros Dracondopolous
Harry H. Corbett
Lem
Zia Mohyeddin
The Syrian
Orlando Martins
Abu Lubaba
John Turner
Heneker
Zena Walker
Aunt Jane
Jack Gwillim
District Commissioner
Patricia Donahue
Kathy Hartland
J
Jared Allen
Bob Hartland
Crew
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
- Screenplay
- Denis Cannan
- Novel
- W.H. Canaway
- Director of Photography
- Erwin Hillier
- Editor
- Jack Harris
- Producer
- Hal Mason
Details
- Release date
- 1963-03-18
- Runtime
- 2h 08m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Michael Balcon Productions, Bryanston Films, British Lion Films, Paramount Pictures