David Moore (Lloyd Bochner) is taking his employer's son Brian Ferrers (Frankie Avalon) to go to the railway construction site in Africa. It's Brian's first time outside of Canada. They have booked Jack Cuortemayn and his man-servant Kasongo as their guides but Jack rejects them for the destruction from the railway. Ruth Knight (Mariette Hartley) is a missionary born to the country.
This is the darkest uncivilized Africa adventure. They are dodging slave hunters. The film uses old footage from King Solomon's Mines (1950). It's a lot of wild animals in the recycled footage. This feels old and cheap even considering the 60's and its B-movie aspirations. It does have Avalon and Hartley. I'm more interested in Hartley. Avalon is playing the clueless brat. The animal footage is interesting. At least, it's more interesting than the story.
This is the darkest uncivilized Africa adventure. They are dodging slave hunters. The film uses old footage from King Solomon's Mines (1950). It's a lot of wild animals in the recycled footage. This feels old and cheap even considering the 60's and its B-movie aspirations. It does have Avalon and Hartley. I'm more interested in Hartley. Avalon is playing the clueless brat. The animal footage is interesting. At least, it's more interesting than the story.