Any Man's Death

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Any Man's Death
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Directed by Tom Clegg
Written byIain Roy
Produced byJohn Karie
Debi Nethersole
Starring John Savage
William Hickey
CinematographyVincent G. Cox
Music by Jeremy Lubbock
Release date
  • 1990 (1990)
LanguageEnglish

Any Man's Death is a 1990 South African thriller drama film directed by Tom Clegg and starring John Savage, William Hickey, Mia Sara and Ernest Borgnine. [1] [2]

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Plot

An investigative journalist is sent to the volatile frontiers of Angola and South-West Africa to investigate the disappearance of a photographer during the South African Border War. He eventually stumbles across an unrepentant Nazi war criminal who researches local snake venom in the hopes of finding a cancer cure.

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References

  1. Leonard Maltin. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide . Plume, 1995.
  2. EW Staff (2 November 1990). "Review: 'Any Man's Death'". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 31 October 2015.