The Mark of the Hawk (1957)

3.4/10 83 min Drama History

Overview

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their land and lives back from the British colonists. Obam's motives are questioned by his own people, in particular his brother Kanda. With the help of his wife Renee and missionary Bruce Craig, will he be able to get things under control before the country self-destructs? Written by Greg Bruno

Cast

Eartha Kitt

Renee

Sidney Poitier

Obam

Juano Hernández

Amugu

John McIntire

Bruce Craig

Helen Horton

Barbara Craig

Marne Maitland

Sandar Lai

Gerard Heinz

Govenor General

Patrick Allen

Gregory

Earl Cameron

Prosecutor

Lockwood West

Magistrate

Francis Matthews

Overholt

Philip Vickers

Ben

Bill Nagy

Fred

Lionel Ngakane

African Doctor

Andy Ho

Chinese Officer

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