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Director
  
Dirk DeVilliers

Story by
  
Wilbur A. Smith

Duration
  

Language
  
English

4.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Music director
  
Johnny Dankworth

Country
  
South Africa

The Kingfisher Caper movie poster

Release date
  
1975

Based on
  
the novel The Diamond Hunters by Wilbur Smith (uncredited)

Writer
  
Roy Boulting (adaptation), Lee Marcus (screenplay), Wilbur Smith (novel)

Initial release
  
June 30, 1975 (South Africa)

Cast
  
(Tracey Van der Byl), (Benedict Van der Byl), (Johnny Lance),
Volente Bertotti
,
Bill McNaught

Similar movies
  
Blood Diamond
,
Congo
,
Flawless
,
Diamond City
,
South of Suez
,
King Solomon's Mines

The Kingfisher Caper (released as Diamond Hunters in South Africa and as Diamond Lust on video) is a 1975 South African film directed by Dirk DeVilliers for Kavalier Films Ltd. It stars Hayley Mills (as Tracey van der Byl), David McCallum (Benedict van der Byl), Jon Cypher (Johnny Lance), Volente Bertotti (Ruby Lance), Barry Trengove (Cappy) and Bill McNaught (Hendrich van der Byl).

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Main cast

  • Hayley Mills as Tracey Van Der Byl
  • David McCallum as Benedict Van Der Byl
  • Jon Cypher as Johnny Lance
  • Barry Trengove as Cappy
  • Volenté Bertotti as Ruby Lance
  • Bill McNaught as Hendrich Van Der Byl
  • Don Furnival as Mac
  • Gordon van Rooyen as Kramer
  • Stanley Leeshaw as Osaki
  • Pieter Geldenhuys as Attorney
  • Ray Novak as Joe
  • Ian Botha as Sampson
  • Supporting cast

  • Dirk de Villiers as Les (uncredited)
  • Remake

    It was remade as the 2001 miniseries The Diamond Hunters with Alyssa Milano, Roy Scheider, Sean Patrick Flanery and Michael Easton in the Mills, McNaught, Cypher and McCallum roles respectively; Jolene Blalock, Armin Rohde and Hannes Jaenicke also featured.

    References

    The Kingfisher Caper Wikipedia
    The Kingfisher Caper IMDb The Kingfisher Caper themoviedb.org


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