Satan's Harvest

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Satan's Harvest
George Montgomery's Satan's Harvest Trailer - Tippi Hedren.png
Tippi Hedren in film
Directed by George Montgomery
Written by George Montgomery
Produced byHyman Kirstein
Starring
CinematographyRoderick Stewart
Edited byHarry Hughes
Music byRoy Martin
Distributed by Killarney Films
Release date
June 4, 1970
Running time
88 minutes
Country South Africa
LanguageEnglish

Satan's Harvest is a 1970 South African thriller [1] /adventure film directed by George Montgomery who also starred along with Tippi Hedren and singer Matt Monro. [2] [3]

Contents

Plot

After inheriting a farm in South Africa, Cutter Murdock, an American private detective, travels there to claim his inheritance and almost immediately finds himself in danger. Following an attempted assassination while leaving the plane at Jan Smuts Airport (the person behind him is shot dead) and a further attempt on his life when his chauffeur and car are blown in an explosion.

Members of an interloper family who were excluded from Murdock’s uncle’s want Murdock’s farm as it is a heroin and marijuana "goldmine".

Cast

Soundtrack

"Two People" composed by Don Black & Denis King, sung by Matt Monro. Other music in the film is by Roy Martin.

Production

The film was shot on location in Johannesburg [4] and Zimbabwe [5] [6] [7] in 1969. [8] [9]

Tippi Hedren started The Roar Foundation after working on the film. [10] [11] [12]

Reception

The film has been described as "a surprisingly good jungleflick", [13] a "dreary film about drug trafficking in Africa", [14] and a "forgettable film" by Cosmopolitan, [15] while Leonard Maltin sums up his assessment of the film as follows: "Colourful scenery, tepid story." [16]

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