Ava Gardner, Clark Gable, Denis O'Dea

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Unrated, 1 hr. 55 min.

Directed by: John Ford

Release Date: October 9, 1953

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DVD Release Date: June 20, 2006

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  • August 13, 2009
    Pretty good "white hunter in darkest Africa" flick with Clark Gable gathering wild animals for zoos while fighting off (or not) chorus girl Ava Gardner and little rich (married) girl Grace Kelly. Cool on-location scenes. This is a remake of Red Dust, a film also starring Gable as...( read more) a rubber plantation owner, with Jean Harlow and Mary Astor filling the women's roles.
  • June 12, 2009
    I was under whelmed.
  • November 30, 2008
    This film is just fun. It's about Gable running a Safari company in Africa and him banging the only two white women on the whole continent. It's a exact remake of Red Dust also starring Gable, but he is 20 years older and the women are the same age. This film is classic Gable. H...( read more)e fights! He Kills! He Loves! You may thinks it's unbelievable Gable getting women 25 years younger than him, but during the filming of this film he was sleeping with Grace and would probaley have a shot with Ava but Frank was on the set playing cock blocker.
  • November 5, 2009
    has there ever been a more handsome man than clark gable... damn.
  • August 19, 2009
    Not as good as the original, Red Dust, but it is still an excellent film, expertly made by a very capable crew. Clark Gable and Ava Gardner make an excellent screen pair. Very good story, top notch production.
  • July 27, 2009
    first Ava Gardener movie
  • April 28, 2009
    u wudnt believe theres a very iconic dialogue in bollywood which says ."mogambo khush hua"
    said by the legendary amrish puri aka mola ram of Indy jones series
  • November 11, 2008
    Some excellent photography of Africa improved upon the last version of this film. Also, excellent actors chosen for the roles.
  • July 25, 2008
    A bit corny, but it still deserves the 3.5 stars because of its great cast and exotic scenarios.
  • July 16, 2008
    nominated for best picture by NBR

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