''South to Karanga'' is a 1940 American

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adventure film directed by

Harold D. Schuster Harold D. Schuster (August 1, 1902 – July 19, 1986) was an American editor and film director. In 1937, he made '' Wings of the Morning'', the first-ever three-strip Technicolor film shot in Europe. Among the better-known films that Schuster ...

starring James Craig, Luli Deste and

Charles Bickford Charles Ambrose Bickford (January 1, 1891 – November 9, 1967) was an American actor known for supporting roles. He was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943), '' The F ...

Production

The film was originally called ''Bombay Uprising'' but was relocated from India to Africa out of fear of offending British audiences. It was known as ''South to Katanga'' before being changed to ''South to Karanga''.

Dick Foran John Nicholas "Dick" Foran (June 18, 1910 – August 10, 1979) was an American actor, known for his performances in Western musicals and for playing supporting roles in dramatic pictures. Early years Foran was born in Flemington, New Jer ...

was to play to lead but fell ill and was replaced by James Craig.

Cast

as Jeff Worthing * James Craig as Steve Hawley * Luli Deste as Julia Garrett * John Sutton as David Wallace *

Maurice Moscovitch Maurice Moscovich (born Morris Maaskov; November 23, 1871 – June 18, 1940) was a Russian American actor who was well-known for his roles in Yiddish theatre. His 14 films, which he made at the end of his life, include Charlie Chaplin's '' The ...

as Paul Stacco *

Paul Hurst Paul Michael Hurst (born 25 September 1974) is an English football manager and former player who is the manager of club Grimsby Town. As a player, he was a defender from 1993 to 2008, notably playing his entire career at Rotherham United, b ...

as Slats * Abner Biberman as Manek Sen * Ben Carter as Higgins *

Frank Reicher Frank Reicher (born Franz Reicher; December 2, 1875 – January 19, 1965) was a German-born American actor, director and producer. He is best known for playing Captain Englehorn in the 1933 film ''King Kong''. Early life Reicher was born in Mu ...

as Doctor Greenleaf * Addison Richards as Edmund Daniels *

Joseph Crehan Joseph A. Creaghan (July 15, 1883 – April 15, 1966) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 300 films between 1916 and 1965, and notably played Ulysses S. Grant nine times between 1939 and 1958, most memorably in ''Union Paci ...

as Ridgley

References

External links

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''South to Karanga''
at BFI * Film review: 1940 films American action adventure films 1940s English-language films Films directed by Harold D. Schuster 1940s action adventure films American black-and-white films Films set in Africa Universal Pictures films 1940s American films {{action-film-stub