Diamond City (film)

Diamond City is a 1949 British drama film directed by David MacDonald and starring David Farrar, Honor Blackman, Diana Dors and Niall MacGinnis.

The movie was based on the true story of Stafford Parker who was elected president of the Diamond Diggers Republic in 1871.It was announced in 1945 as Diggers Rest and was to star Stewart Granger from director Leslie Arliss. This Parker was a born fighter, a great, husky guy, said Arliss. Hed knocked around in the States as a young man and was tremendously impressed by the sheriff system, as hed seen it practiced in the West. ........

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