A Warwick adventure set in Africa, like Safari, but this is not typical of their normal output. For one it's got two American stars, not one, and has no British lead. For another it's not action/adventure it's a dull romance between big game hunter MacDonald Carey and doctor Rhonda Fleming. Fleming is at least gorgeous, too hot for Carey. There's some tired conflict between them over killing vs keeping animals alive. Carey's character is unpleasant, Fleming swims in a lagoon, plus cute kid called Odongo.
The leads have no chemistry. It's not interesting. They throw in a black villain to capture Odongo and throw him off a cliff. There's an annoying white family with a kid who befriends Odongo - it reminded me of the Desmond Tester-Sabu relationship in The Drum. But the kid isn't Sabu.
John Gilling directed.
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