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Old Bones of the River Reviews

1938
1 hr 30 mins
Comedy
NR

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Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for the Reformation of Pagans (otherwise known as T.W.I.R.P for short), and dedicated to spreading education amongst the natives of colonial Africa. As he arrives (still trying to learn the native language via recordings), Professor Tibbetts is tricked into sneaking a gin still into the country by a local prince. Later, Tibbetts makes his way to Kombooli High, where his students wear Eton collars alongsid

After being sent into deepest Africa to open up schools for local tribesmen, teacher Hay finds himself becoming the acting commissioner when Goldie comes down with malaria. His tax-collecting methods, coupled with Moffatt and Marriott's help, cause unrest among the natives, and Hay barely makes it out of the territory alive. Some great moments of hilarity in this British comedy of errors. A sequel to the 1935 film from the Korda Brothers, SANDERS OF THE RIVER starring Paul Robeson.