The Wilby Conspiracy
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The Wilby Conspiracy | |
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Directed by | Ralph Nelson |
Produced by | Martin Baum Paul M. Heller |
Written by | Rodney Amateau |
Starring | Michael Caine Sidney Poitier Nicol Williamson |
Cinematography | John Coquillon |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date(s) | 1975 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
IMDb profile |
The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rodney Amateau, based on the novel by Peter Driscoll. It had a limited release in the US.
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[edit] Plot
A black South African revolutionary and a white Englishman join forces to try to escape a virulently racist Afrikaner cop.
[edit] Cast
- Sidney Poitier...Shack Twala
- Michael Caine...Jim Keogh
- Nicol Williamson...Major Horn, S.African Bureau of State Security
- Prunella Gee...Rina Van Niekirk
- Saeed Jaffrey...Dr. Anil Mukarjee, Indian Dentist
- Persis Khambatta...Dr. Persis Ray, Dentist
- Rijk de Gooyer...Van Heerden, Bureau of State Security (as Ryk De Gooyer)
- Rutger Hauer...Blane Van Nirkirk
- Patrick Allen...District commissioner
- Helmut Dantine...Prosecuting counsel
[edit] DVD
The region 1 DVD was released January 20, 2004.