The Sun Never Sets

The Sun Never Sets

97 mins | Drama | May 31, 1939

The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.

The Sun Never Sets

97 mins | Drama | May 31, 1939

The Sun Never Sets
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home from a mission in the Gold Coast of Africa accompanied by his wife Helen. He discovers his younger brother John, is not keen on following in his footsteps. John is then persuaded to try colonial service by his grandfather. He is accompanied by Clive who has been sent to investigate the source of a series of radio broadcasts that are sewing unrest throughout the world. These may be linked to Hugo Zurof, a man plotting to rule the world.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title The Sun Never Sets
Directors Fred Frank, Rowland V. Lee
Writers Arthur Fritz-Richards, Jerry Horwin, W.P. Lipscomb

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

as John Randolph

Basil Rathbone

as Clive Randolph

Barbara O'Neil

as Helen Randolph

Lionel Atwill

as Hugo Zurof

Virginia Field

as Phyllis Ransome

C. Aubrey Smith

as John Randolph

Melville Cooper

as Cosey

Mary Forbes

as Mrs. Randolph

John Burton

as Simon Randolph

Arthur Mulliner

as Gerald Randolph

Theodore von Eltz

as Delafons

Douglas Walton

as Carpenter

Cecil Kellaway

as Colonial Official

Lionel Belmore

as Selection Board Member #3

Sidney Bracey

as Minister of Colonial Affairs

Jess Lee Brooks

as Angry Heavyset Chief

Russell Burroughs

as Young Candidate

Frederick Clarke

as Dr. Anderson

Harry Cording

as Zurof Camp Guard

Jack Deery

as Command Bomber Pilot

Al Duvall

as Kim Kroo

James Eagles

as Assistant Operator

Mary Field

as Maid

Lawrence Grant

as Selection Board Member #2

Eddie Hall

as Henchman

Holmes Herbert

as Colonial Official

Claude Horton

as Walter Raleigh

Philip Hurlic

as Tuppence

Brandon Hurst

as A Doctor

Olaf Hytten

as Statesman

Edward Keane

as DNXY Radio Operator

Robert Emmett Keane

as Henchman Careira

Walter McGrail

as Henchman DaCosta

Lew Payton

as Village Chief

Hilda Plowright

as Queen Elizabeth

Napier Raikes

as Selection Board Member #1

Hassan Said

as Palaver Translator

C. Montague Shaw

as Colonial Affairs Official

Ivan F. Simpson

as A Doctor

Eric Snowden

as Randolph Manservant

Eric Wilton

as Colonial Affairs Official