The Wilby Conspiracy is a 1975 thriller film directed by Ralph Nelson and starring Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, and Nicol Williamson.
Plot[]
English engineer Jim Keogh (Michael Caine) and black anti-apartheid activist Shack Twala (Sidney Poitier) go on the run together in 1970s South Africa after falling foul of the police. Aided by Shack's lawyer, Rina (Prunella Gee), the two attempt to make their way to Cape Town where Shack hopes to return a diamond stash to the African National Congress and in turn seek help from the Congress' leader, Wilby (Joe De Graft). Unbeknownst to the pair, they are being followed.
Cast[]
- Sidney Poitier as Shack Twala
- Michael Caine as Jim Keogh
- Nicol Williamson as Major Horn, South African Bureau of State Security
- Prunella Gee as Rina van Niekerk
- Saeed Jaffrey as Dr. Anil Mukarjee, Indian Dentist
- Persis Khambatta as Dr. Persis Ray, Dentist
- Rijk de Gooyer as Van Heerden, Bureau of State Security
- Rutger Hauer as Blane van Niekerk
- Patrick Allen as the Brigadier
- Joe De Graft as Wilby Xaba
- Archie Duncan as Gordon
- Helmut Dantine as Prosecuting counsel