Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997)
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At the time this made-for-TV historical drama first aired on ABC, critics praised the fact that it was more accurate than the 1939 Spencer Tracy vehicle Stanley and Livingstone; while this is generally true (unlike the earlier film, this one was lensed on location in England and Kenya), the… More At the time this made-for-TV historical drama first aired on ABC, critics praised the fact that it was more accurate than the 1939 Spencer Tracy vehicle Stanley and Livingstone; while this is generally true (unlike the earlier film, this one was lensed on location in England and Kenya), the pop-psychology sensibilities depicted in the TV movie smack more of the late 20th than the late 19th century. In 1871, young American reporter Henry Morton Stanley (Aidan Quinn) sets out to prove that Scottish-born missionary David Livingstone (Nigel Hawthorne), who years earlier had disappeared somewhere in Central Africa, was still alive, and not "cooked in a stew" as was generally believed. The film is divided into three parts: the search for Livingstone, Stanley's spiritual odyssey after finding his quarry, and Stanley's seemingly futile efforts to prove that he actually found Livingstone to the skeptical and downright hostile members of the Royal Geographic Society in London. Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone debuted December 7, 1997. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Simon Langton
- Genres
- Action & Adventure
R,
- In Theaters
- Dec 7, 1997 Wide
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Cast
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Aidan Quinn
as Henry Morton Stanley
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Nigel Hawthorne
as David Livingstone
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Kamir Bedi
as Khamis Bin Abdullah
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Edward Fox
as Markham
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Dylan Baker
as Gordon Bennett
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Christopher Fulford
as John Shaw
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Fay Masterson
as Alice Pike
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Robert Willox
as William Farquhar
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Simon Williams
as John Kirk
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Luke Garrett
as Henry Parker
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Dafydd Hywel
as James Francis
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Jackson Kariuki
as Kalulu
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Charles K. Kembero
as Auntai
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Tonny Ernest Njugana
as Suri
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Micky Enock Onguko
as Bombay
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Rhodro Williams
as Stanley age 5
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Lewis Roderick
as Stanley age 14
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Paul Williamson
as RGS Heckler 1
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James Thornton
as London Reporter 2
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John Wallace
as London Reporter 1
- Kabir Bedi
