Saturday, May 7, 2011

King Solomon's Mines (1950)


MGM
Directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros)

It starts out with a brutal shooting of an elephant, but after that there is nothing more offensive than your typical Tarzan movie. Stewart Granger leads a safari through the bush with Deborah Kerr, who is searching for her lost husband. Along the way they fall in love and deal with wild animals, mysterious tribes and harsh landscapes. One of their bearers turns out to be a king in disguise. He saves them from the Watusi and claims his rightful throne in the climactic fight.


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