Something of Value

Something of Value

1957 | 1h 53m | Action, Drama | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

The native tribes of Kenya stage a revolt against British settlers during the years of colonization and two boyhood friends--one white and the other black--are caught in the middle.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

CAST

Rock Hudson

Dana Wynter

Sidney Poitier

Wendy Hiller

Juano Hernandez

Robert Beatty

Walter Fitzgerald

Michael Pate

Ivan Dixon

Ken Renard

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Host Intros

01:27
Dave Karger Intro -- Something Of Value (1957)
Intro Aired: Nov 2019
TCM's Dave Karger introduces Something Of Value, 1957.
01:50
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Something Of Value (1955)
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Something Of Value, 1955.

Related Videos

03:22
Something Of Value (1957) -- (Movie Clip) We Are Beggars And Slaves
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William Marshall with his trademark gravitas as "The Leader," rallying a rebel band of Mau Mau, particularly the conflicted Kimani (Sidney Poitier), backed by Njogu (Juano Hernandez), in Something Of Value, directed by Richard Brooks from Robert Ruark's novel about Kenya.
03:56
Something Of Value (1957) -- (Movie Clip) They Are Brothers
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Exposition in opening scenes, introducing Kenyan settler McKenzie (Walter Fitzgerald), his daughter (Wendy Hiller) and her husband (Robert Beatty), then principals Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier, in Richard Brooks' film from the Robert Ruark novel, Something Of Value, 1957.
03:16
Something of Value - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Childhood friends end up on opposite sides of a bloody African uprising in Something of Value (1957), directed by Richard Brooks and starring Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier.

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