

Sammy Going South
Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
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- Language
- English
- africa
- journey
- child protagonist
- suez crisis
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalNR12 Feb 1965
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPGOriginally U18 Mar 1963
GermanyDE
- Theatrical20 Aug 1965
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Sammy Going South was released on 18 March 1963.
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Wuchak
8/22/2025
**_A 10 years-old boy’s colorful adventures in western Africa_** After a tragic bombing during the Suez Crisis in November, 1956, an English lad is forced to flee Port Said, Egypt, and travel to Durban, South Africa, a journey of some 5000 miles. Along the way he runs into an Arab “guide,” a concerned white woman tourist (Constance Cummings) and an old man hunter (Edward G. Robinson). “A Boy Ten Feet Tall” (196…
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