West of Zanzibar (1954 film)
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West of Zanzibar is a 1954 British
adventure film
directed by Harry Watt
and starring Anthony Steel, Sheila Sim
and Edric Connor
.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
adventure film
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
directed by Harry Watt
Harry Watt (director)
Harry Watt was a Scottish documentary and feature film director, who began his career working for John Grierson and Robert Flaherty. His 1959 film The Siege of Pinchgut was entered into the 9th Berlin International Film Festival...
and starring Anthony Steel, Sheila Sim
Sheila Sim
Sheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough , known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, is an English film and theatre actress and the wife of actor and director Richard Attenborough.- Career :...
and Edric Connor
Edric Connor
Edric Connor was a pioneering calypso singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Mayaro, Trinidad in 1913...
.
Cast
- Anthony Steel - Bob Payton
- Sheila SimSheila SimSheila Beryl Grant Attenborough, Lady Attenborough , known professionally by her maiden name Sheila Sim, is an English film and theatre actress and the wife of actor and director Richard Attenborough.- Career :...
- Mary Payton - Edric ConnorEdric ConnorEdric Connor was a pioneering calypso singer, folklorist and actor who was born in Mayaro, Trinidad in 1913...
- Ushington - Orlando MartinsOrlando MartinsOrlando Martins was a pioneering black actor in film and on stage. In the late 1940s, he was one of England's most prominent and leading black actors, and in a poll conducted in 1947, he was listed among England's top 15 favorite actors.-Life:...
- M'Kwongi - William SimonsWilliam SimonsWilliam Simons is a Welsh actor, born in Swansea on 17 November 1940.He started acting as a child. But, he is best known for his role as Yorkshireman PC Alf Ventress in Heartbeat, a part he played for its entire 18-year run....
- Tim Payton - Martin BensonMartin Benson (actor)Martin Benjamin Benson was an English character actor, who appeared in films, theatre and television. He appeared in both British and Hollywood productions.-Career:...
- Dhofar - David Osieli - Ambrose
- Bethlehem Sketch - Bethlehem
- Peter IllingPeter IllingPeter Illing was an Austrian born, British film and television actor.-Filmography:* Silver Darlings * The End of the River * Against the Wind * Traveller's Joy...
- Yhingoni - Edward JohnsonEdward Johnson (actor)-Biography:Edward trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He has appeared in numerous stage roles including Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar. He is a trained horseman. Edward keeps wolves at his home....
- Halfbreed - JumaJuma (actor)Jumas Omar was a Zanzibar-born actor. He appeared in several British films set in Africa as a child actor.-Filmography:* West of Zanzibar * Safari * Odongo * Fury at Smugglers' Bay...
- Juma - Howard Marion-CrawfordHoward Marion-CrawfordHoward Marion-Crawford , the grandson of writer F. Marion Crawford, was an English character actor, best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in the 1954 television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes...
- Wood - Stuart LindsellStuart Lindsell-Selected filmography:* The Young Mr. Pitt * Uncensored * The Man in Grey * Fanny by Gaslight * Night Boat to Dublin * Passport to Pimlico * Once a Jolly Swagman...
- Colonel Ryan - Sheik Abdullah - DhowDhowDhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Some historians believe the dhow was invented by Arabs but this is disputed by some others. Dhows typically weigh 300 to 500 tons, and have a...
captain - Alan WebbAlan Webb (actor)-Biography and Career:Educated at Bramcote School, Scarborough, and RN Colleges Osborne and Dartmouth. He served in the Royal Navy.Webb's early days were spent performing with the Lena Ashwell Players , J. B. Fagan's Oxford Players , The Croydon Repertory Company , and the Old Vic-Sadler's Wells...
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