The famous fight scene between the cobra and the mongoose was quite real. The animals were loosed on one another and fought to the death.
Liz Frazer:
Everything is wrong, Hugh.
Hugh Dobson:
By that you mean Jim?
Liz Frazer:
Have you seen him lately?
Hugh Dobson:
He gave me a wave the other day.
Liz Frazer:
That's all I get. That's our life in one movement.
Hugh Dobson:
These are difficult times.
Liz Frazer:
I know all that Hugh. I was born out here - I understand this country...
When a bus passenger is machine-gunned at close range, he turns towards the camera to reveal a spotless white shirt.
Opening credits prologue: This film is dedicated to the rubber planters of Malaya, where only the jungle is neutral, and where the planters are daily defending their rubber trees with their lives.
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