# Diamond Frontier

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{{short description|1940 film by Harold D. Schuster}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}
{{Infobox film
| name =Diamond Frontier
| image = Diamond Frontier.jpg
| caption = 
| director = [Harold D. Schuster](/source/Harold_D._Schuster)
| producer = [Marshall Grant](/source/Marshall_Grant)
| writer =  [Edmund L. Hartmann](/source/Edmund_L._Hartmann) <br> [Stanley Rubin](/source/Stanley_Rubin)
| narrator =
| starring = [Victor McLaglen](/source/Victor_McLaglen) <br> [John Loder](/source/John_Loder_(actor)) <br> [Anne Nagel](/source/Anne_Nagel)
| music = [Hans J. Salter](/source/Hans_J._Salter)
| cinematography = [Milton R. Krasner](/source/Milton_R._Krasner)
| editing = [W. Donn Hayes](/source/W._Donn_Hayes)
| studio = Universal Pictures
| distributor = [Universal Pictures](/source/Universal_Pictures)
| released = {{Film date|1940|10|01}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Diamond Frontier''''' is a 1940 American [adventure film](/source/adventure_film) directed by [Harold D. Schuster](/source/Harold_D._Schuster) and starring [Victor McLaglen](/source/Victor_McLaglen), [John Loder](/source/John_Loder_(actor)) and [Anne Nagel](/source/Anne_Nagel).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114012614/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31286 BFI.org]</ref> It was based on the story ''A Modern Monte Cristo'' by [Stanley Rubin](/source/Stanley_Rubin) and [Edmund L. Hartmann](/source/Edmund_L._Hartmann).<ref>{{Cite news|title=THE SCREEN IN REVIEW|author=B. C.|date=Oct 4, 1940|work=New York Times|id={{ProQuest|105464209}}}}</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Jack Otterson](/source/Jack_Otterson).

==Plot==
A man tries to enforce the law in a rowdy [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)n [diamond](/source/diamond)-mining town.

==Principal cast==
* [Victor McLaglen](/source/Victor_McLaglen) as Terrence Regan 
* [John Loder](/source/John_Loder_(actor)) as Doctor Charles Clayton 
* [Anne Nagel](/source/Anne_Nagel) as Jeanne Krueger 
* [Cecil Kellaway](/source/Cecil_Kellaway) as Noah 
* [Philip Dorn](/source/Philip_Dorn) as Jan Stafford De Winter 
* [Francis Ford](/source/Francis_Ford_(actor)) as Derek Bluje 
* [Lionel Belmore](/source/Lionel_Belmore) as Piet Bloem 
* [Evelyn Selbie](/source/Evelyn_Selbie) as Julia Bloem 
* [Hugh Sothern](/source/Hugh_Sothern) as Travers 
* [Ferris Taylor](/source/Ferris_Taylor) as Paul Willem 
* [J. Anthony Hughes](/source/J._Anthony_Hughes) as Matt Campbell

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0032394}}

{{Harold D. Schuster}}

Category:1940 films
Category:1940s historical adventure films
Category:1940 English-language films
Category:Films directed by Harold D. Schuster
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films set in South Africa
Category:Films set in the 19th century
Category:American historical adventure films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Hans J. Salter
Category:1940 American films
Category:English-language historical adventure films

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