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    Tiger’s Don’t Cry (1977)

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    This South African production stars Anthony Quinn as “Sailor” Slade, a male nurse who is assigned to tend to ailing President Bobo Lunda (Simon Sabela), nicknamed “Tiger of Gambia”.

    Security arrangements are water-tight since the President is living under the threat of assassination. In fact, an assassin called Shannon (John Phillip Law) is already stalking his victim.

    Things take a sudden turn when Slade – who is dying of cancer and needs some funds to give to his daughter – kidnaps the President and holds him to ransom.

    The story takes on further twists, such as discovering that Shannon is under orders to assassinate the President by direct command of the President’s own minister, and Slade – having received the ransom and put his victim’s life in danger – trying to save him.

    Even if the action sometimes borders on the ludicrous, it doesn’t fail to entertain.

    Released in some markets under the (less imaginative) title Target of an Assassin.

    Ernest Hobday ‘Sailor’ Slade
    Anthony Quinn
    Shannon
    John Phillip Law
    President Bobo Lunda
    Simon Sabela
    Colonel Albert Pahler
    Marius Weyers
    Sister Janet Hobart
    Sandra Prinsloo
    Dr Ben Schaeffer
    Joe Stewardson
    Minister Manga
    Ken Gampu
    Ginny Slade
    Janet du Plessis
    Captain Maurer
    Barry Trengove
    Doctor
    Chris du Toit
    Communications Officer
    Regardt van den Bergh
    South African Cabinet Minister
    Hugh Rouse
    Sister Killeen
    Lisa Shane
    Television Reporter
    Alvon Collison

    Director
    Peter Collinson

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