Apparently the novel was a girl and her lion story, which makes sense and would've made a decent movie. But then they wanted stars so the action shifts to the parents - William Holden and Capucine, who broke up when she fell for Trevor Howard, a big game hunter... which sounds more interesting than what's on display here.
The story is Holden worried about daughter Pamela Franklin growing up in dangerous Africa (wildlife dangerous, not the locals).
The sympathy is with Trevor Howard, trying to stop Holden interfering with the locals - and Howard is running a game park. Holden hasn't had anything to do with his kid.
Capucine is fine. She wasn't a bad dramatic actress just dull. Nice scenery. Black people treated as scenery. Are we meant to believe Holden isn't a game hunter? That Capucine would pick Trevor Howard over Holden? That we should be happy a kid leaves Africa to go back to America?
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