Wings over Africa

Synopsis

Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.

Main Cast

Joan Gardner

Carol Reade

Age : 84 | Popularity : 3%

Ian Colin

Tony Cooper

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

James Harcourt

Wilkins

Age : 77 | Popularity : 3%

James Carew

Norton

Age : 62 | Popularity : 3%

Alan Napier

Redfern

Age : 85 | Popularity : 8%

Phil Thomas

Quincey

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Charles Oliver

Collins

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Rufus Fennell

Saoud

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Sound	Music	Jack Beaver
	Sound Recordist	Arthur Geary
Writing	Story	Ákos Tolnay Marjorie Deans
	Screenplay	Patrick Kirwan Reginald Long
Directing	Director	Ladislao Vajda
	Assistant Director	John Gilling
Editing	Editor	Julian Wintle
Camera	Director of Photography	James Wilson
	Camera Operator	Arthur Graham
Art	Set Decoration	Duncan Sutherland
Production	Producer	John Stafford
	Production Manager	Jack Martin
Department	Role	Name

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