The read
A Balasaur Score of 72 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 69/100. Scores higher than 74% of the 143 1950s adventure movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic69/100
139 audience votes
Key crew
- Helen DeutschScreenplay
- Compton BennettDirector
- Andrew MartonDirector
- Mischa SpolianskyOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Deborah KerrElizabeth Curtis
- Stewart GrangerAllan Quartermain
- Richard CarlsonJohn Goode
- Hugo HaasVan Brun
- Lowell GilmoreEric Masters
- KimursiKhiva (as Kimursi of the Kipsigi Tribe)
- SiriaqueUmbopa (as Siriaque of the Watussi Tribe)
- SekaryongoChief Gagool (as Sekaryongo of the Watussi Tribe)
- BazigaKing Twala (as Baziga of the Watussi Tribe)
- Munto AnampioChief Bilu (uncredited)
- John BannerAustin - Safari Client (uncredited)
- BenempingaBlack Circle (uncredited)
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Themes
based on novel or bookafricadiamond minewildlifejungleanimalsadventurerallan quatermain19th century