Fresh
A pretty, good estimation of the social problems involved.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Something of Value
Love in an Inferno
1957 · 1h 53m · Approved
Drama, War
Directed by
Richard Brooks
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Brooks Director
- Rock Hudson as Peter
- Dana Wynter as Holly
- Sidney Poitier as Kimani Wa Karanja
- Juano Hernández as Njogu - Oath Giver
- William Marshall as Leader - Intellectual in Suit
- Robert Beatty as Jeff Newton, Elizabeth's Husband
- Walter Fitzgerald as Henry McKenzie, A White Settler
- Michael Pate as Joe Matson, A Farmer
- Wendy Hiller Cast
- Ivan Dixon Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Brooks' chief insight -- good and bad on both sides, tolerance the answer -- hardly seizes the imagination, and the contentious climax, with Hudson carrying a wounded Poitier on his back, has every indication of being intended symbolically.
Time Out
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