“Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!”
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
Alexander Mackendrick
Hal Mason
Denis Cannan
Erwin Hillier
Edward G. Robinson
Cocky Wainwright
Fergus McClelland
Sammy Hartland
Constance Cummings
Gloria van Imhoff
Paul Stassino
Spyros Dracondopolous
Harry H. Corbett
Lem
Zia Mohyeddin
The Syrian
Orlando Martins
Abu Lubaba
John Turner
Heneker
Zena Walker
Aunt Jane
Jack Gwillim
District Commissioner
Patricia Donahue
Kathy Hartland
Jared Allen
Bob Hartland
... and 4 more
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**_A 10 years-old boy’s colorful adventures in western Africa_** After a tragic bombing during the Suez Crisis in November, 1956, an English lad is forced to flee Port Said, Egypt, and travel to Durban, South Africa, a journey of some 5000 miles. Along the way he runs into an Arab “guide,” a conc...
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Michael Balcon Productions
Bryanston Films
British Lion Films