The Roots of Heaven

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

• John HustonDirector
• Romain GaryScreenplay
• Patrick Leigh-FermorScreenplay

• Errol FlynnForsythe
• Trevor HowardMorel
• Eddie AlbertAbe Fields
• Juliette GrécoMinna
• Orson WellesCy Sedgewick
• Paul LukasSaint Denis
• Herbert LomOrsini
• Edric ConnorWaitari
• Grégoire AslanHabib
• André LuguetGovernor
• Friedrich von LedeburPeer Qvist
• Olivier HussenotThe Baron