

Lovers trapped in animal stampede!
09/11/1950
Overview
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042646
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1471671
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Review by: CinemaSerf
Written by: CinemaSerf on 2022-12-27T12:01:07.488Z
H. Rider Haggard's story of jungle intrigue and treasure hunting is given the lavish Hollywood treatment in this colourful adaptation of the story. In this slightly different version, Stewart Granger ("Allan Quatermain") is hired by Deborah Kerr ("Elizabeth Curtis") to track down her brother lost whilst off in search of King Solomon's legendary treasure. Unlike the 1937 version; this becomes more of a romance - as you might expect given the leading performers; and as such it loses much of it's grittiness and the tension is much more tied to their relationship than to their exploits in hostile territory. The film looks great (Oscar for cinematography) but some stories are best left in their original B&W iteration.