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Timbuktu ()

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In 1940, in the colony of French Sudan, a Tuareg uprising is being instigated by an evil emir but the French Army, aided by an American gun-runner, intends to pacify the region.
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Mike Conway
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Natalie Dufort
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Col. Charles Dufort
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Emir Bhaki - aka The Lion of the Desert
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Jeanne Marat
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Captain Girard
James Foxx ...
Lt. Victor Marat
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Suleyman
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Ahmed (uncredited)
Mark Dana ...
Capt. Rimbaud (uncredited)
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Nazir (uncredited)
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Praying Sudanese Peasant (uncredited)
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Mohomet Adani (uncredited)
Larry Perron ...
Dagana (uncredited)
Allen Pinson ...
Sgt. Trooper (uncredited)
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Maj. Leroux (uncredited)

Directed by

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Jacques Tourneur

Written by

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Anthony Veiller ... (written by) and
Paul Dudley ... (written by)

Produced by

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Edward Small ... producer (uncredited)

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Gerald Fried

Cinematography by

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Maury Gertsman

Editorial Department

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Grant Whytock ... supervising editor

Casting By

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Betty Pagel

Art Direction by

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William Glasgow

Set Decoration by

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Darrell Silvera

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Elva Martien

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Layne Britton ... makeup artist

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Al Westen ... assistant director

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Joe LaBella ... property master (as Joseph G. Labella)

Sound Department

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Alfred R. Bird ... sound effects editor
John K. Kean ... sound

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Alex Weldon ... special effects (uncredited)
Joe Zomar ... special effects (uncredited)

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Fred Carson ... stunt coordinator / stunt double: Victor Mature

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Frank Beetson Jr. ... wardrobe
Elva Martien ... wardrobe

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George Brand ... music editor

Script and Continuity Department

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John Dutton ... script supervisor

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Feridun Golgecen ... technical advisor
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

In 1940 Col. Dufort arrives in Timbuktu with his wife to take over the French garrison. This garrison is threatened by a Tuareg uprising supposedly inspired by Mohamet Adjani -- a holy man once regarded as a friend of France. Almost immediately Col. and Mme. Dufort push on to Bou Djebeha in company with an American gunrunner named Mike Conway who soon engages the colonel's wife in adultery. At Bou Djebeha Conway learns that the holy man has been kidnapped by an evil emir who is the true force behind the rebellion. Complications and dangers ensue as Conway and the colonel try to get the holy man back to Timbuktu so that he can speak out against the rebellion. Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis

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Also Known As
  • East of Timbuktu (United States)
  • West of Timbuktu (United States)
  • South of Timbuktu (United States)
  • North of Timbuktu (United States)
  • The Road to Timbuktu (United States)
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Trivia Copyright dated 1958 and passed by the British Board of Film Censors with a "U" certificate on 13 November 1958. Enjoyed a two week run in London's West End, opening at the London Pavilion on 21 November 1958 and sharing the bill with The Lost Missile (1958). Both films were generally released at normal prices on 14 December 1958. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Head (1968). See more »
Quotes Mike Conway: [about to be subjected to tarantula-torture] Bring on your spiders.
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