• Trending
    • Certified Fresh & Verified Hot
    • TV Premier dates
    • New horror Movies
    • Best Movies of All Time
  • Movies
    • Movies In Theaters
    • Movies at Home
  • TV Shows
    • New TV
    • Most Popular TV
  • News
    • What to Watch
    • Guides
    • RT News
    • Awards
  • Games
    • Find Your Next Horror Watch
  • Video
  • Showtimes
  • Fanstore
  • About Rotten Tomatoes
  • Critics
  • Download the App Now
  • Logout
Rotten Tomatoes
Suggestions will appear as you start typing. Submit search Movies Tv shows RT App New News Showtimes

Something of Value

Play trailer Poster for Something of Value 1957,  1h 53m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 48% 50+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 48% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a Kenyan worker. After Kimani's father is imprisoned for enforcing a controversial tribal tradition, Kimani realizes his place is among the Mau Mau, a group that is organizing a revolt. The Mau Mau attacks Peter's brother-in-law Jeff (Robert Beatty) with tragic results, inspiring Peter to take action. When the two finally come face to face again, peace is hard to establish.

Critics Reviews

View More
Bosley Crowther New York Times Apr 8, 2008
3/5
A pretty, good estimation of the social problems involved. Go to Full Review
Moira Walsh America Magazine Jul 14, 2021
The picture lacks a feeling for the larger issues at stake, but on its own melodramatic terms it is absorbing and even enlightening. Go to Full Review
Clyde Gilmour Maclean's Magazine Nov 11, 2019
Adapted from the Robert Ruark novel, this overlong drama about Africa's Mau Mau troubles tries to deal fairly with both sides but never reaches any illuminating conclusions. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews May 5, 2005
C
As drama not much in value. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews
Something of Value

My Rating

Read More Read Less WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW POST RATING

Cast & Crew

View All

Richard Brooks

Director

Rock Hudson

Peter

Dana Wynter

Holly

Sidney Poitier

Kimani Wa Karanja

Wendy Hiller

Elizabeth

Juano Hernandez

Njogu

More Like This

View All
21 Hours at Munich 56% 21 Hours at Munich Watchlist Dangerous Mission 17% Dangerous Mission Watchlist The Racket 25% 44% The Racket Watchlist Console Wars 85% 67% Console Wars Watchlist Dick Tracy's Dilemma 16% Dick Tracy's Dilemma Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More
View All

Something of Value

Something of Value (1957) Something of Value (1957) Something of Value (1957) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a Kenyan worker. After Kimani's father is imprisoned for enforcing a controversial tribal tradition, Kimani realizes his place is among the Mau Mau, a group that is organizing a revolt. The Mau Mau attacks Peter's brother-in-law Jeff (Robert Beatty) with tragic results, inspiring Peter to take action. When the two finally come face to face again, peace is hard to establish.
Director
Richard Brooks
Producer
Pandro S. Berman
Production Co
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 12, 2017
Runtime
1h 53m
Join The Newsletter Join The Newsletter Cookie Settings