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Sundown

194190 minUnited States
DramaAdventureWar
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Original language
English
This copy runs
88:02
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

At an isolated British outpost in East Africa, evidence of arms smuggling deepens a conflict between local administrators and military command. A woman who controls a trading caravan may be the key to understanding what is happening. The wartime adventure places uneasy alliances and colonial assumptions at the centre of its struggle for control.

Cast

DirectorsHenry Hathaway

Historical context

Its East African setting places the adventure inside Britain's colonial world during the war. The film is useful to view as an expression of that period's Hollywood perspective on empire, alongside its suspense plot and exoticised setting.

Behind the scenes

Producer Walter Wanger assembled the project through studio loans, including Gene Tierney from Fox and director Henry Hathaway from Paramount. Despite three Academy Award nominations, the production lost money.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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