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Birds of Paradise

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Directors

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  • Tommie Meyer
    Tommie Meyer
  • Rex Garner
    Rex Garner
    associate director

Writers

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  • Michael Pertwee
    Michael Pertwee
    screenplay and
  • Val Guest
    Val Guest
    screenplay
  • Gaby Bruyère
    Gaby Bruyère
    original play

Cast

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(in credits order)
  • Henry Darrow
    Henry Darrow
    Henry Darrow
    Mario, 'The Jackal'
  • Marti Caine
    Marti Caine
    Margaret Moore
  • Rex Garner
    Rex Garner
    Michael Wood
  • George Korelin
    George Korelin
    Major Farmer
  • Patricia Sanders
    Patricia Sanders
    Lady Victoria Whitehouse
  • John Lesley
    John Lesley
    Uncle George
  • Tammy Bonell
    Tammy Bonell
    Jeannie
  • Lauren Levian
    Lauren Levian
    Kiki
  • Joey Joubert
    Joey Joubert
    Golden Delicious
  • Julia Wylde
    Julia Wylde
    Chinese Whirlwind
  • Anthony James
    Anthony James
    Police Commissioner
  • Hugh Rouse
    Hugh Rouse
    Governor
  • Denis McLean
    Denis McLean
    Sam
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Philip van der Byl
    Philip van der Byl
    Prison guard
    (uncredited)

Producers

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  • Tommie Meyer
    Tommie Meyer
    producer
  • Bob Riley
    Bob Riley
    assistant producer

Composers

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  • Herbert Friedman
    Herbert Friedman
  • Mark Friedman
    Mark Friedman

Cinematographer

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  • Ivo Pellegrini
    Ivo Pellegrini
    director of photography

Editor

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  • Tim Spring
    Tim Spring

Makeup Department

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  • Joanna Hazelton
    Joanna Hazelton
    makeup artist

Production Manager

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  • Peter Clausing
    Peter Clausing
    production manager

Sound Department

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  • Mike Berridge
    Mike Berridge
    sound mixer
  • Pietie Meyer
    Pietie Meyer
    assistant sound
  • Leon Nel
    Leon Nel
    sound

Camera and Electrical Department

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  • Michael Buckley
    Michael Buckley
    camera assistant (as Mike Buckley)
  • Nicholas Herholdt
    Nicholas Herholdt
    camera assistant
  • Piet Ledwaba
    Piet Ledwaba
    grip
  • Emmie Loots
    Emmie Loots
    still photographer
  • John Mathongwane
    John Mathongwane
    grip
  • Piet Rampedi
    Piet Rampedi
    grip
  • Victor A. Shelehov
    Victor A. Shelehov
    dolly/crane grip

Editorial Department

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  • Dee Liebenberg
    Dee Liebenberg
    editing assistant
  • Fransie Meyer
    Fransie Meyer
    editing assistant

Music Department

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  • Zane Cronjé
    Zane Cronjé
    musical director/arranger

Script and Continuity Department

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  • Juli Lotter
    Juli Lotter
    continuity

Additional Crew

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  • Liza Key
    Liza Key
    production assistant
  • Tim Spring
    Tim Spring
    technical director

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