Directed by:
William DieterleCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Franz WaxmanCast:
Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre, Corinne Calvet, Sam Jaffe, John Bromfield, Mike Mazurki, Edmund Breon, Kenner G. Kemp, Ida Moore (more)Plots(1)
Producer Hal Wallis evidently hoped to recapture the magic of his earlier Casablanca with 1949's Rope of Sand. To that end, he hired three of Casablanca's supporting players: Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, and Peter Lorre. This time, Henreid is the villain, a sadistic police inspector named Paul Vogel. Stationed somewhere in Africa, Vogel hopes to find a legendary lost diamond field. His principal rival in this endeavor is jewel thief Mike Davis (Burt Lancaster), who continues bouncing back from every death trap lain for him by the ill-tempered Vogel. The scenes in which Davis is subjected to various physical tortures is pretty raw for a 1940s film. Claude Rains co-stars as a diamond syndicate head misleadingly named Toady, while Peter Lorre does his shifty-mercenary act. Billed ninth as the nominal heroine is Hal Wallis' latest discovery, French actress/singer Corinne Calvet. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Joel Fluellen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/032/161032807_6ad03d.jpg)
Joel Fluellen
USA
Best movies:
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (series)
The Chase (1966)
![Carl Harbord](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/344/161344812_4c4378.jpg)
Carl Harbord
UK
Best movies:
Sahara (1943)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
![Harry Cording](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/286/161286810_23f5df.jpg)
Harry Cording
UK
Best movies:
East of Eden (1955)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
![Everett Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/586/161586339_7b8d62.jpg)
Everett Brown
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
King Kong (1933)
David Thursby
UK
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Captains Courageous (1937)
The Heiress (1949)
![Hayden Rorke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/434/162434717_d79774.jpg)
Hayden Rorke
USA
Best movies:
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
All That Heaven Allows (1955)
An American in Paris (1951)
Georges Renavent
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Franz Roehn
German Empire
Best movies:
Deep in My Heart (1954)
Dark City (1950)
The Fly (1958)