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Something of Value is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, and Sidney Poitier. The film was reissued under the title Africa Ablaze . The film, based on the book of the same name by Robert Ruark, portrays the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya.
Something of Value: Directed by Richard Brooks. With Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez. In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
- (1.3K)
- Drama, War
- Richard Brooks
- 1957-06
Something of Value - (Original Trailer) Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising in Something of Value (1957), directed by Richard Brooks and starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier.
- Richard Brooks, Joel Freeman
- Rock Hudson
Synopsis. As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama.
- Richard Brooks
- 113 min
- 12
After Kimani's father is imprisoned for enforcing a controversial tribal tradition, Kimani realizes his place is among the Mau Mau, a group that is organizing a revolt. The Mau Mau attacks Peter's...
- (6)
- Rock Hudson
- Richard Brooks
- Drama
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides. Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently.
Overview. As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama.
