I've had the pleasure of seeing several movies just recently directed by David MacDonald and this is the best. Looking through his IMDb page I noticed that he turned to television in the 1950's as so many directors and big name actors did and he directed some of the series I used to watch and enjoy as a boy but It's Diamond City that has made me aware of his name at last. This is a rousing adventure film set in the gold mines of South Africa where a true life character named Stafford Parker temporarily became President of the Republic of the area before the British government annexed it. Played with gusto by the underrated David Farrar, Stafford Parker bulldozes his way through the picture, never shy of physically fighting off the villains intent of getting the gold for themselves. Niall McGuinness gives a convincing portrayal of the big brawling adversary, Diana Dors (only 18) is the barmaid who is besotted by Farrar who in turn falls in love with the missionary's (Mervyn Johns) daughter played by a young Honor Blackman, who sadly passed away recently aged 94). I smiled at one point as Diana Dors refers to Honor as the 'Kid'. Blackman was 6 years older than Diana in reality although Diana has much more impact than the mousy (at the time) Blackman who changed all that later through The Avengers (TV) and Goldfinger. This film plays much like a western and I was very impressed with sets, dirty, muddy, ramshackle buildings, much like it may have been and reminding me of the Dodge City sets in the great TV series Deadwood. There are some really great fight scenes like in a John Wayne western and an impressive charge on horseback by the gold diggers against the villains near the closing scenes. Intelligently written and acted, particularly by Farrar, I loved this movie.