sentences:  In the film Cliff (John Wyman) is an ex-bouncer from Manchester who has opened a bar in South Africa and becomes involved in diamond smuggling, as well as being torn between two women, an American free spirit (Holly Palance) and a British compulsive gambler (Carol Royle).Confusingly the real Twemlow appears in the film as supporting character 'Chaser'.The only other character in the film taken from the book, in real life Chaser, r.n.