
Mountains of the Moon(1990)
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.


A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
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Richard Todd
Inspector Harry Sanders

Marianne Koch
Dr. Inge Jung

Albert Lieven
Dr. Franz Weiss

Walter Rilla
Dr. Schneider

Jeremy Lloyd
Tom Hamilton

Robert Arden
Jim Hunter

Vivi Bach
Marlene

Simon Sabela
Bosambo
Bill Brewer
Jack Pearson
Death Drums Along the River is a adventure, crime film released in 1963 exploring themes of africa, british empire, edgar wallace, british colonial. Directed by Lawrence Huntington, it stars Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven. A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
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