Something Of Value (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Richard Brooks |
| Producer(s) | Pandro S. Berman |
| Top Genres | Drama, War |
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Something Of Value (1957) was a Drama - War Film directed by Richard Brooks and produced by Pandro S. Berman.
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Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier search for “Something of Value”
By Stephen Reginald on Jan 13, 2026 From Classic Movie ManRock Hudson and Sidney Poitier search for “Something of Value” Directed by Richard Brooks and based on Robert Ruark’s best-selling novel, Something of Value (1957) is a stark, challenging drama set against the backdrop of the Mau Mau Uprising in colonial Kenya. The story cente... Read full article
Something of Value (1957)
By KC on Feb 5, 2010 From Classic MoviesThe plot of this movie is, in essence, The Fox and the Hound(1981) set against the Mau Mau uprising (an insurgency of Kenyans against English colonial rule in the 1950s). Rock Hudson and Sidney Poitier play childhood friends who grow apart when they find themselves at opposite ends of the conflict. ... Read full article
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The storming of the Naivasha Police Station by the Mau Mau was an actual event used by Robert C. Ruark in his book, on which the film was based. The incident was needed for the film but, rather than travel the 50 miles to Naivasha for the original building, a mock-up of the police station was made in the industrial area of Nairobi. Before the actual filming started chickens were thrown into the road outside the mock-up to give some authenticity.
Although shooting animals and getting out of the vehicle were forbidden in the Nairobi National Park, Rock Hudson was allowed out of the Land Rover to aim his gun at a zebra. The actual shooting of a zebra was filmed by the second unit in the Nanyuki area about 100 miles away.
Some shots were filmed in the Nairobi National Park. The film crew were met at the game park entrance and were told they could not bring in their own trees, hay and lucerne. The park warden said that thorn trees were a permanent feature and that the crew could get close enough to the animals to film them without having to feed them first.
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Although shooting animals and getting out of the vehicle were forbidden in the Nairobi National Park, Rock Hudson was allowed out of the Land Rover to aim his gun at a zebra. The actual shooting of a zebra was filmed by the second unit in the Nanyuki area about 100 miles away.
Some shots were filmed in the Nairobi National Park. The film crew were met at the game park entrance and were told they could not bring in their own trees, hay and lucerne. The park warden said that thorn trees were a permanent feature and that the crew could get close enough to the animals to film them without having to feed them first.
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