First film in Britain from Tony Owens, Mr Donna Reed who made a series of movies there. It was a hit and launched him on a producing career.
It's a decent adventure, with reliable Dana Andrews as an insurance investigator who sexually harrasses Jeanne Crain, then goes along with her on a trip to find her husband, David Farrar.
The cast has people like George Colouris and Wilfred Hyde White. It has African location footage - Northern Rhodesia and South Africa, some quite decent.
Black actors barely have any dialogue. We see some British patrol officers. Farrar is an excellent louse. The basic story I think is a modern day version of the Granger-Kerr King Solomon's Mines. Crain is bland. Andrews solid.
Good basic structure. George Marshall directs well. Decent action and adventure.
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