Rope of Sand
“Savage Greed...Sultry Love...Wild Adventure!”
1949 · 1 h 44 min
William DieterleCast
Burt Lancaster 
Paul Henreid 
Claude Rains 
Peter Lorre 
Corinne Calvet 
Sam Jaffe
Credits
Written by: Walter Doniger
Plot
Two years after trespassing on South African diamond fields, a hunter returns to find the man who tortured him.
Sinekatalog’s take
William Dieterle's adventure, with Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains, is tough and exotic.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.6 / 10 (2,114 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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