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The 7th Dawn Overview:

The 7th Dawn (1964) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Lewis Gilbert and produced by Charles K. Feldman, John Dark and Karl Tunberg.

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During a forced break in filming due to heavy rains, a Malay Bomoh, or shaman, was hired to predict when the rains would cease. His prediction was spot on and filming resumed.
The actor who plays the Japanese commander at the surrender ceremony was R. William Koh, a Chinese businessman who was a member of the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army during WWII.
In one scene filmed on the Genting Sempah highway, the MNLA ambush a rubber planter played by Maurice Denham. His car, an Aston Martin saloon, flies over a cliff and explodes in mid-air. Originally, the car was to blow up on impact with the ground but the explosives detonated early. As it was too expensive to film again, the scene stayed in the movie.
The director, Lewis Gilbert, was the brother-in-law of actor Sydney Tafler, who played Tom, CPO.
During location shooting in the Malaysian jungle, William Holden was bitten by a python. Since pythons are non-venomous, his wound was treated and he continued filming the movie.
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