''Mozambique'' is a 1964 British

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film directed by Robert Lynn from a screenplay by

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, starring

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in his final film role,

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and Vivi Bach.

Premise

An American pilot assists the Portuguese colonial police who are battling a gang of criminals involved in drug smuggling from Lisbon via Mozambique to Zanzibar.

Cast

as Brad Webster *

as Ilona Valdez *

as Commarro * Vivi Bach as Christina *

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as Henderson * Martin Benson as Da Silva * George Leech as Carl * Gert Van den Bergh as Arab

Production

During the making of the film, Cochran was arrested for committing adultery with the wife of a jockey while in

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, South Africa.

Reception

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'' called it "a sleazy little melodrama."Screen: '10 Little Indians': Agatha Christie Story Is Filmed Again Steve Cochran Stars in 'Mozambique' By BOSLEY CROWTHER. New York Times 10 Feb 1966: 33.

References

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