Trader Horn

Trader Horn (1931)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 42% of users liked it
    (128 ratings)

A major undertaking for M-G-M and the first non-documentary production to be filmed in Africa, Trader Horn starred the veteran Harry Carey in the title-role, Aloysius "Trader" Horn, a white explorer in Darkest Africa. Travelling up a heretofore undiscovered river, Horn and his young companion Peru… More

Unrated, 2 hr. 3 min.
Directed By
W.S. Van Dyke
Written By
E. Richard Schayer, Cyril Hume, Dale Van Every, John T. Neville
Genres
Classics, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
May 23, 1931 Wide
On DVD
Jun 22, 1994

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    A good-looking animal picture.

  • Mordaunt Hall, New York Times

    This shrewdly fashioned jungle melodrama proved to be thoroughly exciting to the spectators last night and it seemed as though many of them were a bit nearer than they ever wanted to be to a big game hunt.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    The first time Hollywood brought its cameras to the Dark Continent was for this adventure film that was probably more dangerous for the film crew than it was for the characters in the story.

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    By today's standards, Van Dyke's jungle adventure contains both racist and sexist elements, but at the time it was a stirring picture due to on-location shooting.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Remains interesting as a curio.

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