The Jonker Diamond

The Jonker Diamond

10 mins | Drama, Documentary | March 27, 1936

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.

The Jonker Diamond

10 mins | Drama, Documentary | March 27, 1936

The Jonker Diamond
Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Jonker Diamond
Directors Jacques Tourneur
Writers Pete Smith

Cast

Pete Smith

as Narrator (voice)

Nat Carr

as La Zarre Kaplan

John Hyams

as Harry Winston

Hugh Marlowe

as Younger Jonker

Louis Mason

as Jacobus Jonker

Louis Natheaux

as Crook Reading Newspaper