As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.

• DirectorRichard Brooks
• Release8 May 1957
• Genre
  Drama / War
• Duration1h 53m
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• Rate
  

  5.4
  19 reviews
• Productions

  Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer