Directed by:
Richard ThorpeCinematography:
Ted MooreComposer:
William AlwynCast:
Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Martin Benson, Donald Pleasence, Harry Baird, Grégoire Aslan, Earl Cameron, Allan Cuthbertson, Joyce Blair (more)Plots(1)
The late Anthony Newley's star was already rising when he shared billing just after Robert Taylor and before Anne Aubrey in this fast-paced adventure story set in Africa. Adamson (Taylor) is an engineer in charge of a project to set up a railroad track through East Africa, the first of its kind -- well, almost. A rival railway gang is around to give him trouble. Aside from that kind of trouble, Adamson has to handle the convicts who are working underneath him, hungry crocodiles, dangerous lions, rhinos, and similar wild beasts, as well as Jane (Aubrey), a woman along for the duration. His sidekick Hooky (Newley) is a stand-out with his high energy brand of whimsy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Taylor
USA
Best movies:
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Westward the Women (1951)
Trumbo (2015) - a.f.
Anthony Newley
UK
Best movies:
Oliver Twist (1948)
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
The Battle of the River Plate (1956)
Anne Aubrey
UK
Best movies:
No Time to Die (1958)
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
Martin Benson
UK
Best movies:
Goldfinger (1964)
The Omen (1976)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Donald Pleasence
UK
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
Watch Out, We're Mad (1974)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Harry Baird
Guyana
Best movies:
Sapphire (1959)
The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) (TV movie)
Four of the Apocalypse (1975)
Grégoire Aslan
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
The Knight of the Night (1954)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Cleopatra (1963)
Earl Cameron
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Thunderball (1965)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Allan Cuthbertson
Australia
Best movies:
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Room at the Top (1959)
Freud (1962)
Joyce Blair
UK
Best movies:
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984) (series)
Arch of Triumph (1985) (TV movie)
Intimate Games (1976)
Martin Boddey
UK
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
Anthony Jacobs
UK
Best movies:
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960)
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
Orlando Martins
Nigeria
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Safari (1956)
Sapphire (1959)