Movie · 1955
Simba
Released 7 January 1955 99 min Romance / Drama More from 1955 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
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How old were they?
Basil Sydney
as Mr Crawford
Desmond Roberts
as Colonel Bridgeman
Marie Ney
as Mrs Crawford
Orlando Martins
as Headman
Joseph Tomelty
as Doctor Hughes
Frank Singuineau
as Waweru
Earl Cameron
as Karanja
John Chandos
as Settler
Dirk Bogarde
as Alan Howard
Donald Sinden
as Inspector Drummond
Virginia McKenna
as Mary Crawford
Huntley Campbell
as Joshua
Slim Harris
as Chege
Glyn Lawson
as Mundati
Harry Quashie
as Thakla
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The numbers
37years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Basil Sydney — oldest on the call sheet
23Virginia McKenna — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast