Something of Value

Name: Something of Value
Director: Richard Brooks
Released: 1957
Duration: 113 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernandez

1957 · 113 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 1,363 VOTES · DIR. 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.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,293 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:13 [SINGING]

00:07:34 PETER: I'm sorry. Lathela.

00:12:58 "Boss"? "Master"?

00:16:50 ...my children and their children and my home and my land will turn to dust.

00:19:54 [SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

00:23:27 Come, little boy.

00:28:21 No. I do not like your ways.

00:32:58 How then are they the masters and we the slaves?

00:35:41 ...or may this oath kill me and my family.

00:39:42 - A very narrow attitude. - We shall also have to shave your head.

00:43:07 I will drive out all Europeans or kill them.

00:47:52 So the land's good to us this year...

00:54:41 Why Elizabeth? Why the kids?

00:59:59 You're doing a big job, child.

01:07:13 Here's one of your loyal Kikuyus.

01:12:53 Can you hear the soil through my fingers?

01:16:31 Peter, darling, what does a piece of land matter?

01:20:03 Tell me, Ngai, if I do right.

01:23:04 They are even in the home guard.

01:27:00 And if he come, I do not know if it is to speak or to kill.

01:30:34 He's a friend of my father.

01:34:47 Oh, I wish I could go with you.

01:38:57 You there, all of you, put down your guns.

01:49:01 [ENGLISH SDH]

Cast & Characters

Rock Hudson Henry's Son - Peter Dana Wynter Peter's Betrothed - Holly Sidney Poitier Kimani Wa Karanja Wendy Hiller Henry's Daughter - Elizabeth Juano Hernandez Njogu - Oath Giver William Marshall Leader - Intellectual in Suit Robert Beatty Elizabeth's Husband - Jeff Newton Walter Fitzgerald A White Settler - Henry McKenzie Michael Pate A Farmer - Joe Matson Ivan Dixon Lathela - Loyal Gun-Bearer

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,293

Dialogue density11.4 lines / min

First line00:01:13

Final line01:49:01

Production Record

DirectorRichard Brooks

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,363