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| United Artists Corporation | Release Date: February 13, 1975 |
Starring:
Joe De Graft, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Patrick Allen, Persis Khambatta, Prunella Gee, Rijk de Gooyer, Rutger Hauer, Saeed Jaffrey, Sidney Poitier
Summary:
Black anti-apartheid activist and British engineer are forced to run from South African secret police.
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This Anglo-American production doesn't go in for romance or comedy; it sticks to suspense, and it's really good at what it does (except for a rather tacky escape by air).
The Wilby Conspiracy [from Peter Driscoll’s novel] is a good action melodrama about apartheid in South Africa. It was made in Kenya. The stars Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine are relentlessly stalked by Nicol Williamson, superb as a coldly dedicated and brutal policeman out after racial agitators.
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The best thing about the movie, flimed mostly in Kenya, is its performances, funny and hip and self-assured in the manner of television personalities working in front of loving audiences. Mr. Caine and Mr. Poitier are never unaware that their material may not be the greatest, but that doesn't spoil their good spirits, and when a good line comes along they get maximum results without stomping on it or us.
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