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King Solomon's Mines (1937) [N/A]

Featuring:
Paul Robeson, Cedric Hardwicke, Roland Young

Written by:
H. Rider Haggard
Michael Hogan
Roland Pertwee

Directed by:
Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas


Release Date:
June 17, 1937

Original Title:
King Solomon's Mines

Alternate Titles:
Les Mines du Roi Salomon

Genres:
Action | Adventure | Drama

Production Companies:
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

Production Countries:
United Kingdom

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 80

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Overview from Open Movies

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.

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Rankings and Honors

King Solomon's Mines (1937) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes 100%
Awards Won: 1 nomination

Performers

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Production

Dialogue:
Roland Pertwee

Director:
Robert Stevenson

Director of Photography:
Glen MacWilliams

Editor:
Michael Gordon

Music:
Mischa Spoliansky

Novel:
H. Rider Haggard

Screenplay:
Roland Pertwee

Wardrobe Designer:
Marianne

Writer:
Michael Hogan
Charles Bennett
Ralph Spence
A.R. Rawlinson

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