Sammy Going South

After an air raid in Port Said kills his parents, Sammy Hartland (Fergus McLelland) is left alone, penniless and vulnerable in colonial Africa. So Sammy defiantly sets out to find his Aunt Jane, whom he vaguely remembers lives in Durban, South Africa – at the other end of the continent. Along the way, Sammy encounters a variety of disparate characters and untrustworthy adults, including a Syrian peddlar, a sly Greek guide, and a rich, childless American tourist. He navigates a treacherous path through desert, across mountains and down river, until he meets and forms an unlikely bond with world-weary hunter Cocky Wainwright (Edward G Robinson). (Independent Cinema Office)