Sammy Going South (1963)
Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!
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.
- Date of release
- 1963-03-18
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (17)
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Genres
- Adventure
- Director
- Alexander Mackendrick
Casting
- 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
- Jared Allen — Bob Hartland
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