Adventure in Diamonds

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Adventure in Diamonds

1940

1h 16m

5.2(4 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) smuggle diamonds out of South Africa.

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17 members

Acting

George Brent

Capt. Stephen Dennett

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Isa Miranda

Felice Falcon

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John Loder

Michael Barclay

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Nigel Bruce

Col. J.W. Lansfield

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Elizabeth Patterson

Nellie

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Cecil Kellaway

Emerson

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Genia Nikolaieva

Mrs. Perrins

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Matthew Boulton

Lloyd

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Rex Evans

Jimmy

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Walter Kingsford

Wakefield

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Ernest Truex

Toutasche

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Ralph Forbes

Mr. Perrins

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Charles Irwin

Nelson

No Image

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E. E. Clive

Mr. MacPherson

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Vera Lewis

Mrs. MacPherson

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Edward Gargan

Lou

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David Clyde

Bartender

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