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This film is based on the H. Rider Haggard novel about an African guide (Stewart Granger) hired by a woman (Deborah Kerr) to lead a safari to find her lost husband. Her brother (Richard carlson) accompanies the group. Near the start the scene of an elephant actually being shot brings me to tears as his herd is wailing in anguish and trying to help the victim up. The rest of the film is standard African adventure but well done. Adversaries at first, Granger and Kerr gradually fall in love. Toward the end of the story they encounter a tall native who leads them to his tribe in a Shangri-La-like valley. Later they discover a mine laden with jeweals, have another adventure, and head home. Except for the elephant killing, an enjoyable outing.
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Call it 20% H. Rider Haggard and 80% Hollywood.A great movie and far better than any remake.
The recent telefilm made for Hallmark(? I think) that starred Patrick Swayze actually followed the novel fairly closely. It was pretty good but suffered from low production values. Swayze is good but most of the cast is rather blah and the whole thing is less than it could have been.
The version with Grainger & Kerr is a far better entertainment and very good film. On a scale of 1 to 10 I give it an 8 1/2.
I think the Stewart Granger was a great lead, when given reasonable material, and one who I believe did his own stuntwork.Try Scaramouche - one of the best, if not the best, fencing films ever made.
Martin
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