Kino Lorber have confirmed that they will bring to Blu-ray director Ralph Nelson's action thriller
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975), starring Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Saeed Jaffrey, and Persis Khambatta. The release is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
Synopsis: English engineer Jim Keogh (Caine) and black anti-apartheid activist Shack Twala (Poitier) go on the run together in 1970s South Africa after falling foul of the police. Aided by Shack's lawyer, Rina (Prunella Gee), the two attempt to make their way to Cape Town where Shack hopes to return a diamond stash to the African National Congress and in turn seek help from the Congress' leader, Wilby (Joe De Graft). Unbeknownst to the pair, they are being followed. Cinematography by John Coquillon (
Straw Dogs, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid).