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The Diamond Hunters: With Alyssa Milano, Sean Patrick Flanery, Michael Easton, Jolene Blalock. Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been his own, before the patriarch, Jacob Van der Byl, abandoned him 20 years ago.
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- Drama
- R
- 2001
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- Dennis Berry
- 2
- Armin Rohde
Play Trailer. Overview. Johnny, Benedict and Tracy grew up on the coast of South Africa, where their father, Jacob van der Byl, owns a diamond mine. While Johnny and Tracy are very close, Benedict and Johnny—who is not Jacob's biological son—are engaged in a continual rivalry.
The Diamond Hunters is a 1971 novel by Wilbur Smith. Adaptation. Smith tried to get it made into a film for a number of years. It was adapted into the 1975 film The Kingfisher Caper and a 2001 television mini series. References
- Wilbur Smith
- 1971
Set against the background of South Africa's emerald coast and diamond mines, Diamond Hunters traces the torrid fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget. Johnny, a successful diamond hunter, gets sucked back into a family that had been his own, before the patriarch, Jacob Van der Byl, abandoned him 20 years ago.
- Dennis Berry
- Armin Rohde
Set against the backdrop of South Africa's diamond mines, this sprawling drama chronicles the fortunes of a family unable to forgive and forget. Diamond hunter Johnny is pulled back into his family after his father abandoned him years ago.
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Abandoned by his powerful father Jacob (Scheider) nearly twenty years ago, diamond hunter Johnny Lance (Flanery) returns to South Africa's Emerald Coast to confront a past that continues to haunt him.
