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Flashpoint Africa

Flashpoint Africa

19801h 39m

Overview

A black revolutionary group kidnaps a couple of young white women in a southern African state in the 1970s. They ask for a specific female reporter to interview them. She arrives and decides to stay with them until the girls are released.

Directed by Francis Megahy
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Top Cast

Gayle Hunnicutt

Gayle Hunnicutt

Lisa Ford

James Faulkner

James Faulkner

Ramon Funes

Siegfried Rauch

Siegfried Rauch

Joe

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Program Controller

Patrick Holt

Patrick Holt

Mr. Barraclough

Belinda Mayne

Belinda Mayne

Ann Barraclough

Ken Gampu

Ken Gampu

Matari

Helen Cherry

Helen Cherry

Mrs. Barraclough

D

Deidre Bates

Barbara Fenton

G

Graham Armitage

Don

About Flashpoint Africa

Flashpoint Africa is a adventure film released in 1980. Directed by Francis Megahy, it stars Gayle Hunnicutt, James Faulkner, Siegfried Rauch. A black revolutionary group kidnaps a couple of young white women in a southern African state in the 1970s. They ask for a specific female reporter to interview them. She arrives and decides to stay with them until the girls are released.

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