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Critics reviews. Even though Peter and Kimani grow up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After the father of Kimani is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of their country.
Something of Value. Drama 1957 1 hr 53 min iTunes. Available on iTunes In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani ...
Something Of Value (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Beggars And Slaves. William Marshall with his trademark gravitas as "The Leader," rallying a rebel band of Mau Mau, particularly the conflicted Kimani (Sidney Poitier), backed by Njogu (Juano Hernandez), in Something Of Value, directed by Richard Brooks from Robert Ruark's novel about Kenya.
Peter McKenzie and native boy Kimani are raised as brothers in the British colony of Kenya. But cruelty and intolerance drive them apart. Kimani becomes the leader of his people, the Mau Mau. After the slaughter of whites, Peter becomes vengeful but he relents and searches for his childhood friend with hopes of ending the killing. Peace proves elusive after Kimani's wife is killed and the Mau ...
Released May 10th, 1957, 'Something of Value' stars Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Juano Hernández The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 53 min, and received a user score of 55 (out ...
Apr 1, 2012 · In January 1955, MGM announced they had bought the film rights to the novel for $300,000. The novel was published in April. The New York Times wrote of the book that "the explosive impact of Robert Ruark's 'Something of Value' will reverberate for a long time to come on both sides of the Atlantic."
NR. 1957. 1 hr 53 min. 6.5 (1,282) Set in Kenya, Africa, in the mid-20th century, Something of Value is a powerful and stirring epic drama that traces the bitter rivalry between two best friends who find themselves on opposite sides of a bloody conflict. Peter McKenzie (Rock Hudson) and Kimani (Sidney Poitier) are childhood friends who grow up ...
