If you have seen the Indiana Jones films and expect rip roaring adventures then steer clear.
Stewart Granger is in his element as a rather world weary game hunter who is offered a shed load of money from Deborah Kerr who wants to find her missing husband who went looking for treasure and has never returned.
Although boasting extensive location footage that takes in the jungle, Savannah, desert and mountains. Not a lot happens but a lot of trekking, some encounters with shifty white men, some shifty tribes and the usual wild animal and reptile escapades.
There is a budding romance and maybe for the first time we see some authentic tribal music and dancing in a western mainstream film.
The choreography and editing of the final fight looks strange, as if the stunt coordinator seemed clueless as to stage manage a tribal fight scene.
The film is credited with two directors because Granger fell out with the first one, but it certainly lacks action.
Stewart Granger is in his element as a rather world weary game hunter who is offered a shed load of money from Deborah Kerr who wants to find her missing husband who went looking for treasure and has never returned.
Although boasting extensive location footage that takes in the jungle, Savannah, desert and mountains. Not a lot happens but a lot of trekking, some encounters with shifty white men, some shifty tribes and the usual wild animal and reptile escapades.
There is a budding romance and maybe for the first time we see some authentic tribal music and dancing in a western mainstream film.
The choreography and editing of the final fight looks strange, as if the stunt coordinator seemed clueless as to stage manage a tribal fight scene.
The film is credited with two directors because Granger fell out with the first one, but it certainly lacks action.