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Directed by | Sidney Hayers |
Screenplay by | David Pursall Jack Seddon |
Produced by | Roger Duchet |
Starring | George Segal Ursula Andress Orson Welles Ian Hendry Johnny Sekka Harry Andrews |
Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
Edited by | Tristam Cones |
Music by | Georges Garvarentz |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production companies | Euro France Films Capitole Films |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures (International) Rank Film Distributors (France)[1] |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom France |
Language | English |
The Southern Star (French title: L'Étoile du sud) is a 1969 adventure comedy film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry and Johnny Sekka.[2][3] In French West Africa in 1912, an extremely valuable diamond is stolen.[4]
It was based on the 1884 novel The Vanished Diamond (French title L'Étoile du sud) by Jules Verne. The film's opening scenes were anonymously directed by Orson Welles - the last time he would direct scenes in another director's film.
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