Walter Huston as the adventurer who went to South Africa in 1870 and helped to build an empire. Kruger: Oscar Homolka. Barnato: Frank Cellier. Jameson: Basil Sydney. Anna: Peggy Ashcroft. Mrs. Kruger: Renée De Vaux. Cartwright: Bernard Lee. Helm: Lewis Casson. Also known as "Rhodes of Africa." Berthold Viertel directed.