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Basie

19611h 19mMovie

A Young Ducktail Unwittingly Kidnaps a Young Bride and Then Falls in Love With Her.

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Cast

Ian StraussBasie Meyer
Vicki VoslooStella Nel
Pieter BezuidenhoutDirk Nel
Ralph LoubserDuke
George CanesBeatnik
Len LindequeParson
Wena NaudéStella's Mother
Patsi KahnB.D. (Basie's Doll)
Willem LootsSgt. Louw
Dale SwanepoelEmcee
Christo GerberDrunk
Joe Openshaw
Johan Vermeulen
George EconomidesCafe Owner

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Director: Gordon Vorster
Writers: Gordon Vorster
Release date: August 28, 1961
Runtime: 1h 19m
Original language: Afrikaans
Studios: Suidafrikaanse Rolprentproduksies

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Movies like Basie

Shanghaied19156.1
Excess Baggage19974.0
The Bride Came C.O.D.19416.9
The Honorary Consul19835.7
The Right Kind of Wrong20133.8
Adulterers20165.1
Cleveland Abduction20156.6
Take the Money and Run19697.9
Girl in the Box20166.2
Trapped20024.2
I Walk the Line19706.5
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story20236.3

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