King Solomon's Mines
1937 | 80m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
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| Writer: | H. Rider Haggard, Michael Hogan, A.R. Rawlinson, Ralph Spence, Charles Bennett, Roland Pertwee |
| Staring: |
| White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 17, 1937 |
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| Director: | Robert Stevenson |
| Writer: | H. Rider Haggard, Michael Hogan, A.R. Rawlinson, Ralph Spence, Charles Bennett, Roland Pertwee |
| Genres: | Action |
| Keywords | africa, based on novel or book, diamond, sandstorm, map, diamond mine, south africa, desert, allan quatermain |
| Production Companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 16, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Paul Robeson | Umbopa |
| Cedric Hardwicke | Allan Quartermain |
| Anna Lee | Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien |
| Roland Young | Cmdr. John Good |
| John Loder | Sir Henry Curtis |
| Frederick Leister | Diamond Buyer |
| Robert Adams | Twala |
| Tony Wane | Infadoos |
| Arthur Sinclair | O'Brien |
| Arthur Goullet | Sylvestra |
| Makubalo Hlubi | Kapse |
| Mjujwa | Scragga |
| Sydney Fairbrother | Gagool |
| Alf Goddard | Red |
| Ben Kubela |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| H. Rider Haggard | Novel |
| Michael Hogan | Writer |
| Marianne | Wardrobe Designer |
| A.R. Rawlinson | Writer |
| Ralph Spence | Writer |
| Mischa Spoliansky | Music |
| Glen MacWilliams | Director of Photography |
| Michael Gordon | Editor |
| Robert Stevenson | Director |
| Charles Bennett | Writer |
| Roland Pertwee | Screenplay, Dialogue |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
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| 2024 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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A super boy's-own adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard story. At first, Sir Cedric Hardwicke comes across as a slightly stilted "Allan Quartermain" but he soon finds his rhythm and together with John Loder and Anna Lee sets off to find her long lost father as he searched deepest Africa for the legenda ... ry treasure of King Solomon. Along the way they encounter an outcast "Umbopa" (Paul Robeson) who helps guide them. Clearly they have spent some cash on this production and I think it shows; the story is fluidly directed by Robert Stevenson and we even get a song! It's riddled with colonial attitudes - almost unimaginable now - but some really grand cinematography and quite an exciting denouement make for a timeless adventure film.