This is an action film that was probably meant to bring in audiences because of a few cast members from "Casablanca."
The story concerns a hunting guide, Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) whose client trespassed on land owned by a diamond company and found diamonds - lots of them. For this, Mike is nearly killed by the company manager, Paul Vogel (Paul Henried), who wants the location of the diamonds, but doesn't get it.
Mike has now returned to South Africa, and the head of the diamond cartel, Martingale (Claude Rains) decides on a better way to find out where the diamonds are - by using a beautiful woman (Corinne Calvet) to attract Mike and get the information. Then, of course, he plans to dismiss Davis. But as Vogel learned, and Martingale is about to, Mike is a tough cookie, and Suzanne is his match as she practices her wiles on all three men - then falls in love with Davis.
This is an ordinary adventure-type film, Calvet's debut. She tells a story in her autobiography about Tyrone Power chasing her around a party until Lana Turner stuck a hot pewter coffee pot in her arm and asked if anyone wanted coffee. Ouch.
Enjoyable for the cast.
The story concerns a hunting guide, Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) whose client trespassed on land owned by a diamond company and found diamonds - lots of them. For this, Mike is nearly killed by the company manager, Paul Vogel (Paul Henried), who wants the location of the diamonds, but doesn't get it.
Mike has now returned to South Africa, and the head of the diamond cartel, Martingale (Claude Rains) decides on a better way to find out where the diamonds are - by using a beautiful woman (Corinne Calvet) to attract Mike and get the information. Then, of course, he plans to dismiss Davis. But as Vogel learned, and Martingale is about to, Mike is a tough cookie, and Suzanne is his match as she practices her wiles on all three men - then falls in love with Davis.
This is an ordinary adventure-type film, Calvet's debut. She tells a story in her autobiography about Tyrone Power chasing her around a party until Lana Turner stuck a hot pewter coffee pot in her arm and asked if anyone wanted coffee. Ouch.
Enjoyable for the cast.