Cinematography:
Reginald H. WyerComposer:
Clifton ParkerCast:
David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors, Niall MacGinnis, Andrew Crawford, Mervyn Johns, Bill Owen, John Blythe, Ronald Adam, Reginald Tate, Hal Osmond, Julian Somers, Philo Hauser, Jim O'Brady (more)Plots(1)
Diamond City is a British "western", set not in Australia as was often the case but in the wilds of South Africa. David Farrar is a lawkeeper sworn to lawkeep in the diamond mines. The poachers thereabouts try their luck at circumventing Farrar, but he's too fast for them. The final shootout isn't quite the Gunfight at the OK Corral, but it will serve until English history offers a real counterpart to that famous western battle. David Farrar's leading lady in Diamond City is future Avengers star Honor Blackman, who in 1949 was still in her blushing-heroine phase. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
David Farrar
UK
Best movies:
Black Narcissus (1947)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
Honor Blackman
UK
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002) - a.f.
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Goldfinger (1964)
Diana Dors
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Deep End (1970)
The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
Andrew Crawford
UK
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
One Wild Oat (1951)
Bitter Victory (1957)
Mervyn Johns
UK
Best movies:
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Never Let Go (1960)
Moby Dick (1956)
Bill Owen
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
Georgy Girl (1966)
John Blythe
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Love Among the Ruins (1975) (TV movie)
Ronald Adam
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reginald Tate
UK
Best movies:
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Malta Story (1953)
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Hal Osmond
UK
Best movies:
The Million Pound Note (1954)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Hell Drivers (1957)
Julian Somers
UK
Best movies:
Room at the Top (1959)
The One That Got Away (1957)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Philo Hauser
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Thunderball (1965)
Town Without Pity (1961)
Jim O'Brady
UK
Best movies:
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
From Russia with Love (1963)
Sidney Vivian
UK
Best movies:
The Key (1958)
Anna Karenina (1961) (TV movie)
Alec Ross
UK
Best movies:
Traitor's Gate (1964)
John Salew
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Paddy Ryan
UK
Best movies:
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Beatrice Kane
UK
Best movies:
Castle of the Living Dead (1973)
John Sharp
UK
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Barry Lyndon (1975)