A Twist of Sand
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Release date 9 December 1968 (1968-12-09) (Sweden)21 February 1969 (1969-02-21) (US) Genres Adventure Film, Crime Fiction Cast Similar movies Jungle Man-Eaters , Diamonds Are Forever , The Big Mouth , Tik Tik Tik , Babylon A.D. , The Punisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Twist of Sand is a 1968 British adventure film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Richard Johnson, Jeremy Kemp, Honor Blackman and Peter Vaughan based on the novel by Geoffrey Jenkins.
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Plot
A former British naval officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, he is eager to recoup his losses. When a former colleague appears and tells a wild story about smuggling diamonds out of south-west Africa, he sees his chance to make a lot of money.
Cast
Production
Geoffrey Jenkins initially sold the rights for his 1959 novel to filmmaker Nunnally Johnson at 20th Century Fox. Johnson intended to write the script himself and have Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr cast in the starring roles.
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