After You, Comrade
Cast & Crew
Jamie Uys
Jamie Uys
Bob Courtney
Reinet Maasdorp
Angus Neill
Joe Stewardson
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Synopsis
During a world peace conference in Athens, the delegate from the United States, Granger Wellborne, and the Russian representative, Igor Strogoff, become involved in endless bickering that frustrates all hope of progress. As a solution, the ambassador from the tiny utopian country of Anzonia persuades the two men to settle their differences during a walking race from Athens to Paris, thereby affording the conference an opportunity to make headway in their absence. Although outraged by the ludicrous and undignified event, neither the U.S.S.R. nor the U. S. withdraws its man for fear of admitting defeat and losing face. Meanwhile, the contest is televised via Early Bird satellite and receives worldwide publicity. As the two diplomats walk the 1,500 miles without money or passports, they beg and steal food, sneak across borders, and even get drunk together; but there is no break in their bickering. By the time they reach Paris and collapse at the feet of General Charles de Gaulle, however, they have become friends. The race ends in a draw, while the other members of the conference who have postponed peace negotiations in order to devise rules for the contest, continue to argue.
Director
Jamie Uys
Cast
Jamie Uys
Bob Courtney
Reinet Maasdorp
Angus Neill
Joe Stewardson
Arthur Swemmer
Frank Gregory
Mimmo Poli
Marjorie Gordon
Emil Nofal
Sann De Lange
Wilhelm Esterhuizen
Victor Ivanoff
Ricky Arden
Keith Stanners-bloxam
George Bertolis
Bill Brewer
Crew
Geoff Botha
Manie Botha
Dave Burman
Gerald Dannaher
Nola Du Preez
Kay Dubinski
Ivan Hall
Ian Macleod
Carol Roos
Sam Sklair
Joey Spiller
Jamie Uys
Jamie Uys
Whitney Walls
Peter Zinner
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Partially filmed in Greece, Yugoslavia, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, and France. Released in South Africa in 1966 as All the Way to Paris.
