Synopsis
Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually becomes obsessed with hunting down and killing one specific elephant.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes84%
Metacritic66/100
324 audience votes
Key crew
- Clint EastwoodDirector
- Peter ViertelScreenplay
- Lennie NiehausOriginal Music Composer
- James BridgesScreenplay
- Burt KennedyScreenplay
Cast
- Clint EastwoodJohn Wilson
- Jeff FaheyPete Verrill
- George DzundzaPaul Landers
- Alun ArmstrongRalph Lockhart
- Mel MartinMrs. Macgregor
- Clive MantleHarry
- Timothy SpallHodkins
- Catherine NeilsonIrene Saunders
- Conrad AsquithOgilvy
- Alex NortonZibelinsky
- Eleanor DavidDorshka
- Boy Mathias ChumaKivu
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Themes
london, englandbased on novel or bookelephantafricamovie businesssafaribased on true storyhunting1950sbig game hunterfilm director