Diamond City (film)
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| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Produced by | A. Frank Bundy |
| Screenplay by | Roland Pertwee (screenplay) Roger Bray (story) |
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David Farrar Honor Blackman Diana Dors Niall MacGinnis |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
| Cinematography | Reginald H. Wyer |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Release date
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1949 |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £97,000 (by 1953) |
Diamond City is a 1949 British drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors and Niall MacGinnis.
After the discovery and exploitation of a new diamond mine in South Africa, lawman Stafford Parker tries to maintain order in the ramshackle mining town that springs up around it.,
The movie was based on the true story of Stafford Parker who was elected president of the Diamond Diggers Republic in 1871.
It was announced in 1945 as Digger's Rest and was to star Stewart Granger from director Leslie Arliss. "This Parker was a born fighter, a great, husky guy", said Arliss. "He'd knocked around in the States as a young man and was tremendously impressed by the sheriff system, as he'd seen it practiced in the West."
The film was seen as an attempt by producer Sydney Box to compete with (1949), another British film set and shot in a former colony.
It combined location filming in South Africa with studio work in England. MacDonald arrived in South Africa in November 1948 for location filming. Studio work began at Denham in January 1949.
Filming was held up when David Farrar fell ill.
Bombardier Billy Wells taught Farrar how to box for the film.
The film's box office performance was poor.
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