Coast of Skeletons

Coast of Skeletons
US poster from 1965
Directed by	Robert Lynn
Produced by	Harry Alan Towers
Screenplay by	Anthony Scott Veitch
Story by	Harry Alan Towers
Based on	Sanders of the River by Edgar Wallace
Starring	Richard Todd Dale Robertson Heinz Drache Marianne Koch
Music by	Christopher Whelen
Cinematography	Stephen Dade
Edited by	John Trumper
Production company	Towers of London Films S.A. Film Studios
Distributed by	Towers of London
Release dates	19 March 1965 (1965-03-19) (South Africa) 23 August 1965 (1965-08-23) (UK)
Running time	91 min.
Country	United Kingdom South Africa
Language	English

Coast of Skeletons is a 1965 British-South African adventure film, directed by Robert Lynn and starring Richard Todd and Dale Robertson. It is a sequel to the 1963 film Death Drums Along the River, and just as that film, it uses the characters from Edgar Wallace's 1911 novel Sanders of the River and Zoltán Korda's 1935 film based on the novel, but placed in a totally different story.

Plot

Following independence, the unnamed British colony where Commissioner Harry Sanders has been working for many years, sacks its British police force. So Sanders returns to London, where he soon finds work for an insurance company, which wants him to oversee a project to dredge for diamonds in the shallow waters off South West Africa.

Sanders soon finds himself drawn into a web of insurance fraud, a secret hunt for World War II gold bullion, and a rivalrous love triangle between the flamboyant American diamond prospector, a former German U-Boat commander in the employ of the American, and the German’s very young wife.

Main cast

Richard Todd as Commissioner Harry Sanders
Dale Robertson as A.J. Magnus
Heinz Drache as Janny von Koltze
Marianne Koch as Helga
Elga Andersen as Elisabeth von Koltze
Derek Nimmo as Tom Hamilton
Gabriel Bayman as Charlie Singer
George Leech as Carlo Seton
Gordon Mulholland as Mr. Spyker
Josh du Toit as Hajo Petersen
Dietmar Schönherr as Piet van Houten

External links

Coast of Skeletons in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
Coast of Skeletons at the British Board of Film Classification
Coast of Skeletons at the Internet Movie Database

Edgar Wallace

Novels

The Four Just Men (1905)
Kate Plus Ten (1919)
The Crimson Circle (1922)
The Valley of Ghosts (1922)
The Clue of the New Pin (1923)
The Dark Eyes of London (1924)
The Mind of Mr. J. G. Reeder (1925)
The Terrible People (1926)
The Big Foot (1927)
The Forger (1927)
The Calendar (1930)
The Guv'nor and Other Short Stories (1932)

Plays

The Man Who Changed His Name (1928)

Screenplays

Adaptations

J. G. Reeder	Mr. Reeder in Room 13 (1938) The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939) The Missing People (1940)

The Four Just Men	The Four Just Men (1921 film) The Four Just Men (1939 film) The Four Just Men (1959 TV series)

Edgar Wallace Mysteries	Urge to Kill The Clue of the New Pin Never Back Losers The Sinister Man Solo for Sparrow We Shall See

Rialto Films	Der Frosch mit der Maske (1959) Der rote Kreis (1960) The Terrible People (1960) The Dead Eyes of London (1961) The Devil's Daffodil (1961) The Forger of London (1961) The Green Archer (1961) The Strange Countess (1961) The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962) The Door with Seven Locks (1962) The Inn on the River (1962) The Squeaker (1963) The Black Abbot (1963) The Indian Scarf (1963) The Curse of the Hidden Vault (1964) The Traitor's Gate (1964) Neues vom Hexer (1965) Im Banne des Unheimlichen (1968)

Other	The Man Who Bought London (1916) The Green Terror (1919) Pallard the Punter (1919) The River of Stars (1921) The Crimson Circle (1922) The Diamond Man (1924) The Green Archer (1925 serial) (1925) The Terror (1928) Mark of the Frog (1928) The Forger (1928) The Terrible People (1928 serial) The Ringer (1928) The Man Who Changed His Name (1928) The Flying Squad (1929) Der rote Kreis (1929) The Clue of the New Pin (1929) The Yellow Mask (1930) The Ringer (1931) To Oblige a Lady (1931) The Calendar (1931) The Old Man (1931) The Squeaker (1931) The Flying Squad (1932) The Frightened Lady (1932) The Sorceror (1932) The Menace (1932) White Face (1932) The Jewel (1933) Before Dawn (1933) The Feathered Serpent (1934) The Green Pack (1934) Mystery Liner (1934) The Lad (1935) Sanders of the River (1935) Born to Gamble (1935) Chick (1936) Educated Evans (1936) The Crimson Circle (1936) Prison Breaker (1936) The Frog (1937) The Sqeaker (1937) The Gaunt Stranger (1938) Dangerous to Know (1938) Kate Plus Ten (1938) Thank Evans (1938) The Terror (1938) The Return of the Frog (1938) Flying Fifty-Five (1939) The Dark Eyes of London (1939) The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) The Door with Seven Locks (1940) The Flying Squad (1940) The Green Archer (1940 serial) (1940) The Missing Million (1942) The Calendar (1948) The Ringer (1952) The Avenger (1960) Death Drums Along the River (1963) Coast of Skeletons (1964) Circus of Fear (1966) Five Golden Dragons (1967)

Family

Marriott Edgar (half-brother)

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