Coast of Skeletons
| Coast of Skeletons | |
|---|---|
 US poster from 1965 | |
| Directed by | Robert Lynn |
| Screenplay by | Anthony Scott Veitch |
| Story by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Based on | Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace |
| Produced by | Harry Alan Towers |
| Starring | Richard Todd Dale Robertson Heinz Drache Marianne Koch |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | John Trumper |
| Music by | Christopher Whelen |
Production companies | Towers of London Films S.A. Film Studios |
| Distributed by | Towers of London |
Release dates |
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Running time | 91 min. |
| Countries | United Kingdom South Africa West Germany |
| Language | English |
Coast of Skeletons is a
Zoltán Korda's 1935 film based on the novel
, but placed in a totally different story. Coast of Skeletons was released in Germany as Sanders und das Schiff des Todes/ Sanders and the Ship of Death.
Plot
Following independence, the unnamed British colony where
insurance company, which wants him to oversee a project to dredge for diamonds in the shallow waters off South West Africa
.
Sanders soon finds himself drawn into a web of
gold bullion, and a rivalrous love triangle between a flamboyant American diamond prospector, a former German U-boat
commander in the employ of the American, and the German’s very young wife.
Main cast
- Richard Todd as Commissioner Harry Sanders
- Dale Robertson as A.J. Magnus
- Heinz Drache as Janny von Koltze
- Marianne Koch as Helga
- Elga Andersen as Elisabeth von Koltze
- Derek Nimmo as Tom Hamilton
- Gabriel Bayman as Charlie Singer
- George Leech as Carlo Seton
- Gordon Mulholland as Mr. Spyker
- Josh du Toit as Hajo Petersen
- Dietmar Schönherr as Piet van Houten
External links
- Coast of Skeletons at the better source needed]
- Coast of Skeletons at the British Board of Film Classification
- Coast of Skeletons at IMDb
- Coast of Skeletons at the TCM Movie Database
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