Release Year:
1936MMPA Rating:
NRNetflix Star Rating:
3.0 / 5 StarsAvailable Since:
May 01, 2013Rhodes of Africa
This intriguing biopic stars Walter Huston as Cecil Rhodes, a 19th-century British adventurer who travels to Africa to seek his fortune. After developing a successful diamond mining industry, Rhodes attempts to construct a continent-wide railroad. Rhodes's plans meet with disapproval, including his desire to make Rhodesia a British colony, but he perseveres, thereby making a mortal enemy of Dutch Prime Minister Paul Kruger (Oskar Homolka).
Cast Summary:
Walter Huston, Bernard Lee, Peggy Ashcroft, Frank Cellier, Basil Sydney, Oskar Homolka, Renee De Vaux, Percy Parsons