
Something of Value
Love in an Inferno
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5/8/1957Runtime
113 minsOverview
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. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.
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A sprawling historical drama that traces how an anticolonial uprising shatters the bond between two childhood friends forced onto opposite sides of a brutal conflict. It's an earnest, sometimes melodramatic reckoning with colonial violence and the impossibility of remaining neutral when systems demand complicity.
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Rock Hudson
Peter McKenzie

Dana Wynter
Holly McKenzie

Sidney Poitier
Kimani Wa Karanja

Juano Hernández
Njogu - Oath Giver

William Marshall
Leader - Intellectual in Suit

Robert Beatty
Elizabeth's Husband - Jeff Newton

Walter Fitzgerald
A White Settler - Henry McKenzie

Michael Pate
A Farmer - Joe Matson

Ivan Dixon
Lathela - Loyal Gun-Bearer

Ken Renard
Karanja - Father of Kimani
Samadu Jackson
Witch Doctor

Frederick O'Neal
Adam Marenga - Mau-Mau Leader
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