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{{Infobox film
| name = The Kingfisher Caper
| image = The Kingfisher Caper poster.jpg
| caption = Movie poster
| director = Dirk DeVilliers
| producer = Ben Vlok
| writer = [[Roy Boulting]]<br />Lee Marcus
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| narrator =
| starring = [[Hayley Mills]]<br />[[David McCallum]]<br />[[Jon Cypher]]<br />Bill McNaught
| music = [[John Dankworth]]
| cinematography = Ivo Pellegrini
| editing = Kenneth Connor
| distributor = Cinema Shares International Distribution Corporation (USA)
| released = {{Film date|1975|06|30|South Africa|1976|07||USA}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = South Africa
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}}'''''The Kingfisher Caper''''' (released as '''''Diamond Hunters''''' in South Africa and as '''''Diamond Lust''''' on [[video]]) is a 1975 [[South Africa]]n film directed by Dirk DeVilliers for Kavalier Films Ltd. It stars [[Hayley Mills]] (as Tracey van der Byl), [[David McCallum]] (Benedict van der Byl), [[Jon Cypher]] (Johnny Lance), Volente Bertotti (Ruby Lance),
==Cast==
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===Supporting cast===
* [[Dirk de Villiers]] as Les (uncredited)
Film rights were bought by Philip Vrasne, who wanted to make it in South Africa.<ref>With TV On Horizon & Filmgoing Off, Capetown's Noted 'Theatre Land' Dies
Hanson, A. Variety; Los Angeles Vol. 268, Iss. 11, (Oct 25, 1972): 31.</ref>
''Kingfisher Caper'' writer [[Roy Boulting]] was married to star Hayley Mills at the time of the filming. This was his final writing credit.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/movie-star-cold-streaks-hayley-mills/|title=Movie Star Cold Streaks: Hayley Mills|first= Stephen|last= Vagg|date=March 19, 2022}}</ref>▼
''Filmink'' magazine called it "typical of several South African movies from the 1970s that attempted to crack the international market (''[[Shangani Patrol (film)|The Shangani Patrol]]'', ''[[Funeral for an Assassin]]'', ''[[Killer Force]]'', ''[[Target of an Assassin]]'', ''[[Golden Rendezvous]]'', ''[[Game for Vultures]]''): a half-baked action piece with B-list stars (Hayley Mills, David McCallum), iffy handling and one or two decent moments. Roy Boulting, married to Mills at the time, gets a script credit, his last; the film helped kill her career as a movie star."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/the-cinema-of-wilbur-smith/|title=The Cinema of Wilbur Smith|date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
==Remake==
It was remade as the 2001 miniseries ''[[The Diamond Hunters]]'' with [[Alyssa Milano]], [[Roy Scheider]], [[Sean Patrick Flanery]] and [[Michael Easton]] in the Mills, McNaught, Cypher and McCallum roles respectively; [[Jolene Blalock]], [[Armin Rohde]] and [[Hannes Jaenicke]] also featured.
==References==
▲==Production notes==
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▲''Kingfisher Caper'' writer [[Roy Boulting]] was married to star Hayley Mills at the time of the filming. This was his final writing credit.
==External links==
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