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Sanders of the River

Year:
Duration:
98 min | 92 min (re-release) | USA:85 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama
IMDB rate:
5.6
Director:
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1935-06-26
Filming Locations: Africa
Cast
Actor
Character
Paul Robeson
Bosambo
Leslie Banks
Commissioner R.G. Sanders
Nina Mae McKinney
Lilongo
Robert Cochran
Lieutenant Tibbets (as Robert Cochrane)
Martin Walker
J. Ferguson
Richard Grey
Captain Hamilton
Tony Wane
King Mofolaba
Marqués De Portago
Farini (as Marquis De Portago)
Eric Maturin
Smith
Allan Jeayes
Father O'Leary
Charles Carson
Governor of the Territory
Luao
Chief of the Wagenia [Congo] Tribe
Kilongalonga
Chief of the Wagenia [Congo] Tribe
Oboja
Chief of the Acholi Tribe
Members of Acholi Tribe
Themselves (as Members of the Acholi Tribe)
Members of the Sesi Tribe
Themselves
Members of the Tefik Tribe
Themselves
Members of the Juruba Tribe
Themselves
Members of the Mendi Tribe
Themselves
Members of the Kroo Tribe
Themselves
Robert Adams
Minor Role (uncredited)
Joe Cozier
(uncredited)
Bertrand Frazer
Makara (uncredited)
Beresford Gale
Topolaka (uncredited)
Jomo Kenyatta
Tribal Chief (uncredited)
Orlando Martins
K'Lova (uncredited)
Anthony Papafio
Bosambo's Son (uncredited)
James Solomon
Kaluba (uncredited)
John Thomas
Obiboo (uncredited)
Deara Williams
Daughter of Bosambo and Lilongo
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Trivia
Paul Robeson disowned this picture, telling journalists that it was the only one of his films to have been screened in Italy and Germany. However, his claim to have walked out of the premiere in disgust was a re-invention of history.
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Some of the wonderful looking shots of African river scenes were in fact filmed on the River Thames at Shepperton.
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This film had originally started as a project Alexander Korda assigned to be directed by Alfred Hitchcock, called "Wings of the Jungle". Hitchcock was only minimally involved in the earliest stages.
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Goofs
Although the film is nominally set in Nigeria (as shown on the map in Sanders' office), the aerial wildlife shots seem to have been taken in East Africa (e.g. Kenya, Uganda, Tanganyika). Given the presence of Jomo Kenyatta as an extra in the cast, it is likely that the African scenes were shot on the eastern coast of Africa rather than in Nigeria.
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Paul Robeson's chest hair comes and goes, from one sequence to another.
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