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Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303091921
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 630309192X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: June 22, 1994
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 11450
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: July 03, 1968
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Forget this VHS, where is the DVD?
I had seen this movie years ago and just borrowed a VHS. It looks like it was cut/edited.
Amazon, this would be a great unabridged feature on DVD. Where is it? What is the holdup? And where is The 7th Dawn? Another classic.
Rating:  - A Mercenary Movie with a Stellar Cast
From Wilbur Smith's classic story of uprising and strife in the Belgian Congo, "Last Train from Katanga", this movie is as dark as the title implies. No doubt, Mr. Smith had some heartache over Adrian Spies' screenplay - a script that was truly one of the first up-and-coming forms of political correctness (very different from the book). Jack Cardiff provides a spectacular vista to the warfare that most people find repugnant and would like to ignore - the war of the soldiers of fortune. Rod Taylor ... Read More
Rating: - PLEASE GET THIS MOVIE UN-CUT & ON DVD!!!!
Although at first glance, Dark of the Sun (1968, starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, & football star Jim Brown)seems to be your typical fiction book made into film, it is, in fact, a very realistic portrayal of similar events which ocurred during the Katanga rebellion in 1964 in the newly created Republic of the Congo. It was about diamonds, it was about a proxy war between the East and the West, and Jim Brown's acting, although a bit stiff at times, actually comes off quite well. Rod Taylor was ... Read More
Rating: - Dark of the Sun based slightly on truth
I agree on most of the reviews, except that I believe the main person in the book is based on Colonel Mike Hoare and his white Mercenary Soldiers. In July 1964, after four years of uneasy Independence, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was engulfed by an armed rebellion which spread through the country with the speed and ferocity of a bush fire. The 'Simbas' - the rebel soldiers - doped with heroin, proceeded to strike terror into the hearts of civilians and National Army alike, raping, looting and ... Read More
Rating: - An explosive movie!
A Congo mercenary is hired with a double goal: to rescue a group of citizens in a besieged twon and bring back some valuable diamonds with ulterior proposals.
There are several highlights worthy to mention; the action sequence on the train, is filled of histamine: The ominous presence of the hated officer (superbly played by Peter Carsten) who still carries the Nazi symbol will radicalize the conflict and will originate crucial dialogues along the train journey, the first one concerns with the inquiring ... Read More
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