The Wilby Conspiracy

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film political thriller film

The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 political thriller film set in apartheid-era South Africa, starring Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine and directed by Ralph Nelson.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political thriller film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Peter Driscoll ⓘ
basedOn novel "The Wilby Conspiracy" ⓘ
cinematography John Coquillon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
director Ralph Nelson ⓘ
distributor United Artists ⓘ
editedBy John Bloom ⓘ
filmingLocation Kenya ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
genre political thriller ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasCastMember Michael Caine ⓘ
Nicol Williamson ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Jim Keogh ⓘ
Rina van Niekirk ⓘ
Shack Twala ⓘ
musicBy Stanley Myers ⓘ
plotSummary A recently freed black activist and a British engineer go on the run in apartheid South Africa while trying to expose a government conspiracy. ⓘ
producer Martin Baum ⓘ
productionCompany EMI Films ⓘ
surface form: Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment
releaseDate 1975-07-16 ⓘ
releaseYear 1975 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 105 ⓘ
screenwriter Rod Amateau ⓘ
Ronald M. Cohen ⓘ
setting Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Johannesburg

Kenya ⓘ
apartheid-era South Africa ⓘ
starring Joe de Graft ⓘ
Michael Caine ⓘ
Nicol Williamson ⓘ
Persis Khambatta ⓘ
Prunella Gee ⓘ
Rijk de Gooyer ⓘ
Saeed Jaffrey ⓘ
Sidney Poitier ⓘ
theme apartheid ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
title The Wilby Conspiracy self-link ⓘ

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The Wilby Conspiracy → title → The Wilby Conspiracy self-link ⓘ