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Safari

  • 19561956
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
571
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Safari (1956)
  • Adventure
During the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his fa... Read allDuring the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.During the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya in the 1950s, settler-hunter Ken Duffield is a hired guide for a lion hunting party but he also hopes to find the Mau Mau rebel who killed his family.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
571
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Anthony Veiller(screenplay)
    • Robert Buckner(original story)
    • Bob Monkhouse(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Victor Mature
    • Janet Leigh
    • John Justin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Terence Young
  • Writers
    • Anthony Veiller(screenplay)
    • Robert Buckner(original story)
    • Bob Monkhouse(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Victor Mature
    • Janet Leigh
    • John Justin
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    • 22User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Janet Leigh in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh in Safari (1956)
    Safari (1956)
    Safari (1956)
    Victor Mature in Safari (1956)
    Janet Leigh in Safari (1956)
    John Justin in Safari (1956)
    Victor Mature and Roland Culver in Safari (1956)

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    Victor Mature
    Victor Mature
    • Ken Duffieldas Ken Duffield
    Janet Leigh
    Janet Leigh
    • Linda Lathamas Linda Latham
    John Justin
    John Justin
    • Brian Sindenas Brian Sinden
    Roland Culver
    Roland Culver
    • Sir Vincent Bramptonas Sir Vincent Brampton
    Liam Redmond
    Liam Redmond
    • Roy Shawas Roy Shaw
    Earl Cameron
    Earl Cameron
    • Jerogeas Jeroge
    Orlando Martins
    Orlando Martins
    • Jerusalemas Jerusalem
    Juma
    • Odongoas Odongo
    Lionel Ngakane
    • Makoraas Makora
    Harry Quashie
    • O'Keefeas O'Keefe
    Slim Harris
    • Renegadeas Renegade
    Cy Grant
    • Chief Massaias Chief Massai
    John Wynn
    • Charleyas Charley
    Arthur Lovegrove
    • Blakeas Blake
    Estelle Brody
    • Aunty Mayas Aunty May
    Christopher Warbey
    • Kennyas Kenny
    John Harrison
    • Wambuias Wambui
    Glyn Lawson
    • Kikuyuas Kikuyu
    • Director
      • Terence Young
    • Writers
      • Anthony Veiller(screenplay)
      • Robert Buckner(original story)
      • Bob Monkhouse(additional dialogue) (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Roland Culver's voice was dubbed throughout, as was John Justin's.
    • Goofs
      When Ken reaches down to pick up Linda after she goes down the river in the raft, his rifle sling slips down around his arm. When the scene cuts to him walking on shore, his rifle sling is back up around his shoulder.
    • Quotes

      Ken Duffield: He got away this time but I'll get that filthy scum if it's the last thing I ever do!

    • Connections
      Featured in Discovering Film: Janet Leigh (2015)

    User reviews22

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    Top review
    5/10
    Mau Maus And Lions Oh My
    Though Safari is hardly in the same league with such location jungle dramas as The African Queen or King Solomon's Mines, it has one thing going for it that I find amazing. It was actually shot in Kenya colony before Kenya became a nation and the Mau Mau rebellion as part of the plot while it was going on.

    Director Terrance Young and his principal cast of mostly Caucasian players were taking their lives in their hands just being there. A year after Safari was released to theaters, Ghana became the first African nation granted independence from its European colonizers. That paved the way for about 40 regime changes in Africa. Kenya in fact was one of the last in that group to be granted independence, a lot having to do with the Mau Mau Rebellion.

    The story is a standard one, Victor Mature is an Safari guide who takes on a job to guide Roland Culver and his party which consists of among others Janet Leigh and John Justin. Culver is after a rogue lion and Mature wants an excuse to get into the country where the Mau Maus are operating so he can get the guy who killed his son. Culver's got both a drinking and jealousy problem.

    I think anyone who's seen a couple of these films knows exactly where this one is going. Safari is a standard routine story, not worthy of the location cinematography or the events of the time. Still give these people a medal for filming in Kenya at that time.
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    • bkoganbing
    • Jul 6, 2009

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    • Release date
      • June 20, 1956 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der König der Safari
    • Filming locations
      • Kenya
    • Production company
      • Warwick Film Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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