The Sun Never Sets (1939)

Action, Drama, General Film, Missing Trailer, Pre 1940

Missing Trailer

Director: Rowland V. Lee

Writer(s): W.P. Lipscomb, Arthur Fitz-Richard, Jerry Horwin

Starring: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Basil Rathbone, Barbara O’Neil, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field, C. Aubrey Smith, Melville Cooper, Mary Forbes, John Burton, Arthur Mulliner, Theodore von Eltz, Douglas Walton, Cecil Kellaway, Lionel Belmore, Sidney Bracey, Jess Lee Brooks, Russell Burroughs, Frederick Clarke, Harry Cording, Jack Deery, Al Duvall, James Eagles, Mary Field, Lawrence Grant, Eddie Hall, Holmes Herbert, Claude Horton, Philip Hurlic, Brandon Hurst, Olaf Hytten, Edward Keane, Robert Emmett Keane, Walter McGrail, Lew Payton, Hilda Plowright, Napier Raikes, Hassan Said, C. Montague Shaw, Ivan F. Simpson, Eric Snowden, Eric Wilton

Synopsis: When Clive Randolph finally returns “home” from Gold Coast colony, younger brother John balks at following the family Colonial Service tradition. But back in Gold Coast, one Zurof, nominally studying ants, pursues a hidden political agenda that causes worldwide unrest; the Colonial Office persuades both brothers to go back and deal with it. Young John makes a mess of things, then must save the day on his own.

Release Date: May 31, 1939 (USA) | Length: 97 min | Genre: Action, Drama | Certificate: Approved

Note: Frederick Clarke is wrongly credited as playing Dr. Anderson. He actually plays Douglas Fairbanks Jr. manservant in Africa. Dr. Anderson is played by Ivan F. Simpson.