THE WILBY CONSPIRACY

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• Release Year: 1975
• Genre: Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Oscar winners Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine ignite the screen as two very differentmen suddenly bound togetherand running for their livesin this 'suspenseful [and] politically pertinent (Los Angeles Times) chase thriller set in South Africa's powder keg of racial strife. When anti-apartheid activist Shack Twala (Poitier) is freed from prison, he quickly runs into trouble with the police. British engineer Keogh (Caine) helps Twala elude a sadistic government official (Nicol Williamson), but as both men, now fugitives, race 900 miles to cross the border to safety, they are drawn into a conspiracy much bigger and deadlier than they realize.
• Cast: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee, Saeed Jaffrey, Persis Khambatta, Rijk de Gooyer, Rutger Hauer, Patrick Allen, Joe De Graft, Archie Duncan, Abdulla Sunado, Helmut Dantine, Peter Pearce, Freddy Achiang, Bryan Epsom, Ralph Nelson, Rod Amateau, Harold Nebenzal, Peter Driscoll
• Director: Ralph Nelson
• Runtime: 1:46
• Company: United Artists
• Media Format: Movie