ROPE OF SAND

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• Release Year: 1949
• Genre: Adventure
• Plot: After a two-year hiatus, Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster) returns to the same African city where he was tortured and left for dead at the hands of a sadistic Police Commandant (Paul Henreid). Originally innocent of all charges, Mike is back to claim the diamonds he had supposedly stolen two years ago. He enlists the help of a mysterious stranger (Peter Lorre) and the doctor (Sam Jaffe), who had helped him back to health. The diamond syndicate head (Claude Rains) recruits a nightclub temptress Suzanne Renaud (Corinne Calvet) to seduce and betray Mike as an alternate to brute force. This suspense-noir classic was directed by William Dieterle (Dark City).
• Cast: Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet, Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, Mike Mazurki, Kenny Washington, Edmund Breon, Hayden Rorke, David Thursby, Josef Marais, Miranda Marais, James Adamson, Frank Alten, Frank Arnold, Everett Brown, Harry Cording, Leslie Denison, Byron Ellis, Joel Fluellen, Art Foster, Carl Harbord, David Hoffman, Stuart Holmes, Kenneth Hunter, Darby Jones, Kenner G. Kemp, George Magrill, Ida Moore, Nestor Paiva, Rodd Redwing, Georges Renavent, Franz Roehn, James R. Scott, Trevor Ward, Blackie Whiteford, Martin Wilkins, Harry Wilson, Eric Wilton, William Dieterle, Walter Doniger
• Director: William Dieterle
• Runtime: 1:44
• Company: Olive Films, Paramount
• Media Format: Movie