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Sammy Going South

Incredible Adventure in a Land That Knows a Thousand Dangers!

6.3(17)19632h 8m2

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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Released
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Language
English
  • africa
  • journey
  • child protagonist
  • suez crisis

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United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • 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

    6/10

    **_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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