South of Suez

1h 26min

Mystery

Drama

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.

Cast

George Brent

George Brent

John Gamble
Brenda Marshall

Brenda Marshall

Katharine 'Kit' Sheffield
George Tobias

George Tobias

Eli Snedeker
James Stephenson

James Stephenson

Inspector Thornton
Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

Delia Snedeker
Eric Blore

Eric Blore

Harold 'Limey' Wemsley
Miles Mander

Miles Mander

Roger Smythe
Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Henry Putnam
Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Putnam

Release date

16th Nov 1940

Status

Released

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