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The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1975

Runtime

1h 45m

Genres

Adventure, Thriller

User Score

65%

Original Title

The Wilby Conspiracy

Production Companies

Baum/Dantine Productions, Optimus Productions

Director

Ralph Nelson

Description

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination