Cry, the Beloved Country 1951  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: African Fury
Director: Zoltan Korda
Cast: Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier, Geoffrey Keen, Lionel Ngakane, Joyce Carey, Edric Connor, Michael Goodliffe, Charles McRae, Vivien Clinton, Albertina Temba, Henry Blumenthal
This is the film adaptation of Alan Paton's thought-provoking novel about apartheid in South Africa. The story centers on the murder of a White man by a Black man, Absalom Kumalo (Lionel Ngakane). The man Absalon killed was the son of a wealthy farmer, James Jarvis (Charles Carson). Absalom's own father is a priest, Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee), who, with help from a young priest, Rev. Maimangu (Sidney Poitier), comes looking for his son and finds that he is now a criminal. Through the fathers of the two men, both of whom have lost their sons, hope is seen for an end to apartheid.
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Quatermass and the Pit 1958  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Horror / Sci-Fi
Director: Rudolph Cartier
Cast: Andre Morell, Cec Linder, Anthony Bushell, John Stratton, Christine Finn, Van Boolen, Holly Bane, Lionel Ngakane, John Rae, Mark Eden
While digging in London, a skull is uncovered. This leads to an archeological dig, resulting not only in finding more skulls, but dead insect-like creatures and a cylinder. Professor Quatermass is brought in, and his theory is that the insect-like creatures are aliens from Mars that had landed on Earth several million years ago in the cylinder. Unfortunately, the government doesn't heed his evaluation and horror follows. Originally a made-for-UK TV miniseries and remade in 1967.
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Safari 1956  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver, Liam Redmond, Orlando Martins, Earl Cameron, Lionel Ngakane, Slim Harris, Harry Quashie
Following the murder of his son by Mau Maus, white hunter Ken (Victor Mature) agrees to lead a safari composed of the very rich Sir Vincent Brampton (Roland Culver) and his beautiful wife, Linda (Janet Leigh).
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| 1. Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
aka: African Fury
2. Quatermass and the Pit (1958)
3. Safari (1956)
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