Something of Value

Something of Value
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRichard Brooks
Screenplay byRichard Brooks
Based onSomething of Value
1955 novel
by Robert Ruark
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyRussell Harlan
Edited byFerris Webster
Music byMiklós Rózsa
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • May 10, 1957 (1957-05-10) (U.S.)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,553,000[1]
Box office$3,600,000[1]

Something of Value is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, and Sidney Poitier. The film was reissued under the title Africa Ablaze.

The film, based on the book of the same name by Robert Ruark, portrays the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. It shows the colonial and native African conflict caused by colonialism and differing views on how life should be lived. It stars Rock Hudson as the colonial and Sidney Poitier as the native Kenyan. The two men grew up together but have drifted apart at maturity.

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.