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King Solomon's Mines (1937 film)

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31: 337:. Patsy finds the dead man's map and sneaks off during the night, unwilling to risk his daughter's life. Kathy is unable to persuade Quartermain to follow him; instead, they rendezvous with Quartermain's new clients, Sir Henry Curtis and retired naval commander John Good, who are hunting for big game. 340:
Kathy steals Quartermain's wagon to pursue her father. When they catch up with her, she refuses to return with them, so they and Umbopa accompany her across the desert and over the mountains shown on the map. During the arduous trek, Curtis and Kathy fall in love. On the other side of the mountains,
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In the fighting, Kathy slips away to the mine to look for her father. She finds him inside, immobilized by a broken leg but clutching a pouch full of diamonds. Quartermain, Curtis and Good follow her, but Gagool sets off a rockfall to seal them in. Inside they learn that the mine is connected to a
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that day at exactly 11:15 a.m. The quick-thinking Quartermain predicts the eclipse as Gagool approaches Umbopa. Umbopa reveals his true identity to the people during the height of the eclipse and the rebellion erupts. Both sides gather their forces, and during the ensuing battle, Curtis kills
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That night, Umbopa reveals that he is the son of the former chief who was treacherously killed by the usurper Twala. He meets with dissidents, led by Infadoos, who are fed up with Twala's cruel reign. Together, they plot an uprising for the next day during the ceremony of the "smelling out of the
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which had led the mine to be sealed up long ago. Umbopa pursues Gagool back into the mine, where the witch doctor is crushed by falling rocks. The new chief manages to free his friends as the volcano was about to erupt and gives them an escort to help them cross the desert.
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is credited as one of the writers, but he claimed that he "didn't really" contribute to the screenplay. He said that he was opposed to the idea of a woman going along on the trip ("it was a damn silly idea") and took himself off the project.
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Along the way, they encounter another wagon carrying two men in bad shape. Umbopa recovers, but Silvestra Getto dies after boasting to Quartermain that he has found the way to the fabled mines of
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gave the film a neutral review, summarizing it as "a 'seeable' picture." Greene praised the acting of Hardwicke and Young as well as the clever dovetailing of scenes from
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In 1882, Irish dream chaser Patrick "Patsy" O'Brien and his daughter Kathy have failed to strike it rich in the diamond mines of
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During the rite, Gagool chooses several natives who are killed on the spot. Recalling having made a bet on the previous year's
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of their chief Twala to be questioned. Twala takes them to see the entrance of the mines that are guarded by the feared
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evildoers." However, Umbopa needs Quartermain to devise a plan that the natives think will counter Gagool's magic.
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they are surrounded by unfriendly natives and taken to the
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Index


Robert Stevenson
Geoffrey Barkas
Michael Hogan
Roland Pertwee
Charles Bennett
A. R. Rawlinson
Ralph Spence
King Solomon's Mines
H. Rider Haggard
Cedric Hardwicke
Anna Lee
Paul Robeson
Roland Young
Glen MacWilliams
Michael Gordon
Mischa Spoliansky
Gaumont British Picture Corporation
General Film Distributors
adventure film
Robert Stevenson
Paul Robeson
Cedric Hardwicke
Anna Lee
John Loder
Roland Young
novel of the same name
Henry Rider Haggard
Gaumont British Picture Corporation
Lime Grove Studios

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