In 1870s South Africa, Englishman Stafford Parker tries to persuade Boer leader Jan Bloem to hand over control of a potential diamond field.

David Raymond suspects Muller is buying diamonds directly from the natives, going around Parker's arrangement with Bloem.

Parker calls for a rule book to be drawn up and grows closer to Mary which causes saloon keeper Dora to be jealous.

The movie was based on the true story of Stafford Parker[3] who was elected president of the Diamond Diggers Republic in 1871.

[7] However Roc was named in a divorce case involving Fay Compton and Gainsborough reportedly dropped her from the film as a result.

[8] Eventually the make starring role was given to David Farrar who had received acclaim for his performance in Black Narcissus.

[1] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Saloon-bar brawls and Salvation Army meetings combine to make a lot of noise.

"[19] Filmink called it "a hilariously inept version of a fascinating true tale... with David Farrar as a gun-totin’ Stafford Parker, Diana Dors and Honor Blackman perfectly cast if just five years older, and extremely dodgy racial politics (if you wonder why Farrar didn’t become a star after Black Narcissus, this film is part of the reason).