United Artists
Directed by Don Chaffey
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
Richard Johnson plays an ex-British Navy officer who now makes a living smuggling firearms in the Mediterranean. He and his accomplice are forced to dump their cargo overboard when chased down by the authorities, but it turns out to be a ploy by an old friend who wants him to help find a stash of diamonds in South Africa. So they set off to find them, bringing along pretty Honor Blackman who is the only one who knows the exact location. They have to navigate some tricky reefs along the "Skeleton Coast" and once onshore have to walk through an unforgiving desert. The stash is hidden in an old ship succumbing to the ever shifting sand. They dig their way inside, but one of them turns traitor. From there it is a race for survival against the elements and each other. Entertaining adventure yarn, but some of the special effects are obvious models and Johnson's range is rather limited.
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