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Release Date:
February 1, 1975
Original Title:
The Wilby Conspiracy
Alternate Titles:
Le Vent de la violence
Genres:
Adventure | Thriller
Production Companies:
Baum/Dantine Productions
Optimus Productions
Production Countries:
United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
GR: 16 IE: PG PL: 12 US: PG
Runtime: 105
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination
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Casting:
Miriam Brickman
Director:
Ralph Nelson
Director of Photography:
John Coquillon
Editor:
Ernest Walter
Novel:
Peter Driscoll
Original Music Composer:
Stanley Myers
Producer:
Martin Baum
Paul M. Heller
Production Manager:
Robert Watts
Screenplay:
Harold Nebenzal
Rod Amateau
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