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Desert of Lies

Desert of Lies

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The fortunes of two expeditions a century and a half apart become mysteriously linked in the same desolate stretch of Kalahari Desert. In 1848 the Broon family are sent by the London Missionary Society to look for and convert a legendary race of strangely deformed savages. In 1983, a team of three people go off in search of what really happened.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

83 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

13 March 1984

Country

Cast

Mick Ford

Mick Ford

Jake

Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi

Sue

Tom Bell

Tom Bell

Abel Broom

Louis Mahoney

Louis Mahoney

Sylveste

John Matshikiza

John Matshikiza

Bushman

Elizabeth Bell

Elizabeth Bell

Sarah Broom

Elizabeth Anson

Elizabeth Anson

Esther Broom

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