Something of Value

Something of Value is a movie starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, and Wendy Hiller. In British Colonial Kenya, during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
As Kenya's Mau Mau uprising tears the country apart, former childhood friends Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a native, and Peter (Rock Hudson), a British colonist, find themselves on opposite sides of the struggle in this provocative drama. Though each is devoted to his cause, both wish for a more moderate path -- but their hopes for a peaceful resolution are thwarted by rage, colonial arrogance and escalating violence on both sides.