Sidney Poitier
Shack Twala
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The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 British adventure thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, and Nicol Williamson. Filmed in Kenya , it was written by Rodney Amateau , based on the 1972 novel by Peter Driscoll .
The Wilby Conspiracy: Directed by Ralph Nelson. With Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee. A black anti-Apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African Secret Police.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Ralph Nelson
- 1975-07
"The Wilby Conspiracy" shines the light on apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s, but the storyline doesn´t add up with its messy structure, plot holes and a partly not that logic set up. Caine ...
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- Ralph Nelson
- PG
- Sidney Poitier
Having spent ten years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala (Sidney Poitier) 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 (Prunella Gee) and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh (Sir Michael ...
Harold Nebenzal. 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 ...
The Wilby Conspiracy is the third film teaming Sidney Poitier with director Ralph Nelson. The first time they worked together was in 1963 on Lilies of the Field , the film for which Poitier received an Academy Award.
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine deliver power-house performances in this provocative thriller set in modern South Africa, where racial tension is about to e...
