Dark of the Sun
Dark of the Sun

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British commando, Captain Curry, is hired by President Ubi of war-torn Congo, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds from a time-locked vault before the separatist Simba army that's fighting Ubi's forces and the UN peacekeepers overruns the remote town where the bank that holds the vault is located. Curry teams up with his friend Ruffo, Doctor Wreid, who's an alcoholic, and Henlein, a sadistic Nazi who left Germany after WWII to work as a mercenary. The mercenaries reach the ... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Dark of the Sun:

Rod Taylor
Yvette Mimieux
Peter Carsten
Jim Brown
Kenneth More
André Morell

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British commando, Captain Curry, is hired by President Ubi of war-torn Congo, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds from a time-locked vault before the separatist Simba army that's fighting Ubi's forces and the UN peacekeepers overruns the remote town where the bank that holds the vault is located. Curry teams up with his friend Ruffo, Doctor Wreid, who's an alcoholic, and Henlein, a sadistic Nazi who left Germany after WWII to work as a mercenary. The mercenaries reach the town by Ubi's train after surviving an attack from the UN peacekeepers, only to find a number of terrified Westerners who were driven out from their homes by force, including torture, rape and murder, by the Simba rebels. They agree to help them leave town and befriend one of them, a pretty widow called Claire whose husband was murdered by the rebels. As their mission nears completion everything suddenly goes horribly wrong and the story culminates in an orgy of sadistic graphic violence as Henlein betrays the group and the rebels arrive to brutalize and slaughter the whites. However, Curry still plans to complete his mission no matter what.

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Video-Reviewmaster.com - 9/10 by Steve CrumIron-fisted Rod Taylor actioner, also starring Jim Brown.
The Spectator - 9/10 by Penelope HoustonWhat makes Jack Cardiff's film even less appealing is its bloody-minded way with a violent scene... this sort of brutality to work in the cause of entertainment, is inexcusable.
User Review - 10/10 by Private Usweet sweet action movie with an awesome premise. a german guy actually says "vhere are zee diamonds?" and what could be better than that. how about a chainsaw fight. omg.
User Review - 10/10 by Christopher JGreat action scenes! Especially the train massacre
User Review - 10/10 by Olivier Lcouillu ... une serie B au poil de yéti ... ahhh yvette mimieux ... y a pas mieux !!
User Review - 10/10 by Max MTHE LONG SHIPS director Jack Cardiff made one of the greatest (and most rugged) mercenary movies of the 20th century when he helmed the Rod Taylor-Jim Brown actioneer DARK OF THE SUN in 1968. Rough-hewn mercenary Captain Curry (Rod Taylor of THE TIME MACHINE) agrees to take a specially made-up train 300 miles into the war-torn Congo to retrieve $50-million in diamonds before a savage, bloodthirsty Simba army can laid their hands on it. Congolese president Mwamini Ubi (Calvin Lockhart of PREDATOR 2), agrees to pay Curry $50-thousand dollars when he delivers the ice. Ruffo (Jim Brown of THE DIRTY DOZEN) is a Congo-born mercenary soldier who serves as Curryâ??s sergeant. This mission is more a matter of national interest for him. Ubi tells them that ostensibly the train is designed as public relations to save a number of white folks trapped in enemy-held territory, but the diamonds are priceless to him because the banks in Europe are calling in his loans. Curry takes 50 elite soldiers from the nationâ??s army. Unfortunately, the commander, Henlein (Peter Carsten of STALINGRAD: DOGS, DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREOVER), decides to come along after he learns about the fortune in uncut diamonds. Curry hates Henlein because Henlein is a former Nazi soldier who loves to parade around with his swastika displayed on his chest. Meantime, Curry has to enlist the aid of an alcoholic medical doctor, Dr. Wreid (Kenneth More of FLAME OVER INDIA), but Wreid refuses until he learns that he will receive a case of good whiskey and a $100-a-day for sewing up bullet wounds. No sooner than our heroes made up their train and pulled out than they run into a United Nations fighter plane cruising the area. Although they received United Nations clearance to embark on their mission, they find themselves pitted against a conscientious pilot who knows nothing about the agreement. The pilot strafes the train. Curry and company blaze away with their machine guns and eventually bring him down. By now Dr. Wreid awakens to learn that Curry has pitched the case of liquor and expects him to start doing his job. Along the way, they pick up a passenger, French refugee Claire (Yvette Mimeux of THE TIME MACHINE), and chug into the town. Meanwhile, the sadistic leader of the rebel Simbas--General Moses (Danny Daniels) is closing in on Curry. The catch is that the diamonds are locked up in a bank in a time vault that will not open for three hours. Reportedly, a real event that occurred in the late 1950s in the Belgian Congo inspired not only the movie but also the Wilbur Smith novel. Despite being made in 1968, DARK OF THE SUN pulls no punches and gets pretty grisly at times. Cardiff lensed this film on location in Jamaica. The heroes rarely catch a break in this movie in this harrowing, action-packed thriller.
User Review - 10/10 by Roland TEven the commonly available, edited version is great. ...on the lookout for the uncut version...
User Review - 10/10 by Sgt. Cfrigging awesome guys on a mission movie. up there with guns of navarone, dirty dozen and where eagles dare
User Review - 8/10 by Ivan BA now cult classic action-adventure film that deserves to be seen by a much wider audience. Rod Taylor at his best, I think, playing the tough-as-nails guy, rather than the more gentlemanly roles he'd played earlier -- though he's fine in them, too. See if for its terrific action, performances, intriguing story, and to see the authentic locales in Africa -- quite unusual for the time.
User Review - 8/10 by Rex GHopefully, this will be aired uncut by TCM when Inglourious Basterds is released. It is well worth seeing, as pretty much every element exceeds what a casual viewer might expect from a typical genre film. Powell & Pressburger's cinematographer Jack Cardiff delivers a visual flair for action far ahead of his time, and Jacques Loussier's one-off score is amazing. If you have enjoyed The Train or Five Man Army, you're in for a treat.

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