Underplayed Gems

Death Drums Along the River (1963)

Death Drums Along the River poster
Directed by
Lawrence Huntington
Genre
adventure film
Country
Germany, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
12
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A British commissioner in Africa investigates a murder and a smuggling ring. He must navigate local politics and danger along a river.

datedadventurouslightly tenseexoticformulaicfamiliar

What happens

Death Drums Along the River (U.S. title: Sanders; also known as Sanders of the River, Inquietante Suceso En Gondra, and Todestrommeln Am Grossen Fluss) is a 1963 British-German international co-production directed by Lawrence Huntingdon and starring Richard Todd and Marianne Koch. The film uses the characters from Edgar Wallace's 1911 novel Sanders of the River and Zoltán Korda's 1935 film based on the novel, but placed in a totally different story. Filmed on location in South Africa, it was the first feature film of British producer Harry Alan Towers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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