Blood on the Diamond Trail 1947 — One fortune turned every friend into an enemy.

Safari guide Mike Davis discovers a hidden cache of diamonds in a remote mining region of South West Africa. After being captured and brutally questioned by the mining company’s security chief, he refuses to reveal where the diamonds are hidden. When Mike later returns to recover them, he becomes caught in a dangerous game involving greed, deception and a woman sent to gain his trust. Rope of Sand is a 1949 American adventure thriller and film noir directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The film stars Burt Lancaster, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Peter Lorre and Corinne Calvet. Set against the harsh landscape of a diamond-mining territory in South West Africa, the story combines crime, romance and suspense as several characters compete for control of a valuable hidden fortune.