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King Solomon's Mines ()

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White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
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Umbopa
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Allan Quartermain
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Cmdr. Good
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Sir Henry Curtis
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Kathy O'Brien
Arthur Sinclair ...
Patsy O'Brien
Robert Adams ...
Twala
Arthur Goullet ...
Sylvestra Getto (as Arthur Goullett)
Tony Wane ...
Infadoos (as Ecce Homo Toto)
Mako Hlubi ...
Kapse (as Makubalo Hlubi)
Mjujwa ...
Scragga
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sydney Fairbrother ...
Gagool (uncredited)
Alf Goddard ...
Red (uncredited)
Ben Kubela ...
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Diamond Buyer (uncredited)

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Robert Stevenson
Geoffrey Barkas ... (director: African exteriors)

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H. Rider Haggard ... (novel)
 
Michael Hogan ... (screenplay) &
Roland Pertwee ... (screenplay)
 
Roland Pertwee ... (dialogue)
 
Charles Bennett ... () (uncredited)
 
A.R. Rawlinson ... () (uncredited)
 
Ralph Spence ... () (uncredited)

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Mischa Spoliansky

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Glen MacWilliams ... (photography) (as Glen Macwilliams)

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Michael Gordon

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Alfred Junge ... (as A. Junge)

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Geoffrey Barkas ... second unit director
Slim Hand ... assistant director (uncredited)

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Peter Birch ... recordist (as A. Birch)
Claude Hitchcock ... sound assistant (uncredited)

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Cyril J. Knowles ... photographed by: African exteriors
Bernard Knowles ... camera operator (uncredited)

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Marianne ... wardrobe

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Louis Levy ... musical director
Eric Maschwitz ... lyrics
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Plot Summary

Fortune hunter Patrick O'Brien has left his daughter Kathy and guide Umbopa to trek across the desert in hopes of finding the fabled diamond mines of Solomon. Worried about her father, Kathy persuades hunter Allan Quartermain to lead a party to rescue him. After surviving the desert they are found by natives and brought to their chief, Twala. Umbopa reveals himself to be the true heir to the tribal throne, having been exiled years earlier by Twala and the tribal witch, Gagool. Quartermain's only hope to gain access to the mines and the possible rescue of O'Brien is to try to help Umbopa regain his rightful place as chief. Written by Doug Sederberg

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Taglines H. Rider Haggard's Mighty Spectacle See more »
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Also Known As
  • Les mines du roi Salomon (France)
  • Les mines du Roi Salomon (France)
  • Les mines del rei Salomó (Spain, Catalan title)
  • Las minas del rey Salomón (Spain)
  • Kong Salomons miner (Denmark)
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Trivia The film was thought lost for years. It was believed the negative was ceded to MGM when the studio acquired remake rights in 1950. When MGM denied it, it was believed to have been assigned to Pinewood Lake on the studio's property, a watery grave that contains cans and reels of unstable nitrate films. When it did turn up, it was in Rank's Pinewood vaults. See more »
Goofs The diary page containing the eclipse notification is titled "WED. 2ND JUNE 1882". That day was actually a Friday. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into King Solomon's Mine (2015). See more »
Soundtracks Walk! Walk! See more »
Quotes Allan Quartermaine: You know, O'Brien, there's only one kind of man that it's useless to argue with.
Patrick 'Patsy' O'Brien: And that is?
Allan Quartermaine: A fool!
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