85
ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A ramblin', gamblin', guitar-strummin' man from Dixie tries to strike it rich in the Kimberley diamond rush in 1880s South Africa.
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Audiences 71GoodWatch 86
IMDb7.1
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 music movies, −23 min on the typical 106
typical 10683Half of all music movies run 94–120 min.
Released
1963
September 25, 1963
63 years ago
Genres
MusicComedyLanguage
Afrikaans
Original language
Made in
South Africa
Directing · 1
- Emil Nofal Director, Writer, Producer
Camera · 1
- Judex C. Viljoen Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Harry Hughes Editor
Art · 1
- Ian Macleod Art Direction
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