In Darkest Africa
From Cecil Rhodes to Idi Amin.
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- DirectorW.S. Van DykeStarsHarry CareyEdwina BoothDuncan RenaldoTwo white traders in the darkest Africa of the 1870s find a missionary's daughter, who was captured as a child by a savage tribe and now worshiped as a goddess.
- DirectorBerthold ViertelGeoffrey BarkasStarsWalter HustonOscar HomolkaBasil SydneyThis rousing adventure film tells the true story of Cecil Rhodes, a diamond miner who helped found the South African colonies.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul RobesonLeslie BanksNina Mae McKinneyA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
- DirectorHans SteinhoffKarl AntonHerbert MaischStarsEmil JanningsLucie HöflichWerner HinzRousing biopic of Paul Kruger, the Boer guerilla fighter turned statesman and first president of South Africa.
- DirectorRobert StevensonGeoffrey BarkasStarsPaul RobesonCedric HardwickeRoland YoungWhite hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsSusan HaywardRobert MitchumWalter SlezakIn 1907, a nurse arrives in the Belgian Congo to work for a missionary doctor but meets a grumpy animal hunter who secretly plans to search for gold in the dangerous Bakuba tribal region.
- DirectorKen AnnakinStarsBelinda LeeMichael CraigPatrick McGoohanBrothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park.
- DirectorGualtiero JacopettiFranco ProsperiStarsSergio RossiGualtiero JacopettiJomo KenyattaThe cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.
- DirectorStanis Nievo
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsDana AndrewsJeanne CrainDavid FarrarIn Rhodesia, the accidental death of a diamond broker raises suspicions with his American insurer, which sends a claims investigator to clarify the matter.
- DirectorHarry WattStarsAnthony SteelSheila SimWilliam SimonsThe story of native tribesmen who move towards Mombasa, getting drawn info the world of ivory smuggling.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsCornel WildeDonna ReedLeo GennAn American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
- DirectorArch ObolerRobert ClampettStarsRobert StackBarbara BrittonNigel BruceBritish railway workers in Kenya are becoming the favorite snack of two man-eating lions. Head engineer Bob Hayward becomes obsessed with trying to kill the beasts before they maul everyone on his crew.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsVirginia MayoGeorge NaderPeter LorreAttractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.
- DirectorJohn FordStarsClark GableGrace KellyAva GardnerOn a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
- DirectorZoltan KordaStarsPaul RobesonLeslie BanksNina Mae McKinneyA British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
- DirectorLawrence HuntingtonStarsRichard ToddMarianne KochAlbert LievenA British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsRichard ToddDale RobertsonHeinz DracheHarry Sanders returns to England after losing his job as a police inspector in West Africa. However, he soon returns to the continent to investigate the offshore diamond operation of a shady American tycoon.
- DirectorBrian Desmond HurstStarsDirk BogardeVirginia McKennaBasil SydneyA European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
- DirectorTerence YoungStarsVictor MatureJanet LeighJohn JustinDuring 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.
- DirectorJohn GillingStarsRhonda FlemingMacdonald CareyJumaIn Kenya, a white trader of exotic animals is mentoring and caring for an African boy but is annoyed by his new female replacement veterinarian and must deal with a disgruntled former employee.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsWilliam HoldenTrevor HowardCapucineIn Kenya, when young Tina befriends a lion and embraces local customs, her mother summons Tina's American father to help bring Tina back to civilization and give her a civilized upbringing.
- DirectorJames HillTom McGowanStarsVirginia McKennaBill TraversGeoffrey KeenThe story of George and Joy Adamson and the orphaned lion cub, Elsa, they adopt.
- DirectorNoel MarshallStarsTippi HedrenNoel MarshallMelanie GriffithA naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.
- DirectorHenry KingStarsTyrone PowerSusan HaywardRichard EganIn 1847, the Irish potato famine forces Katie O'Neill and her husband to emigrate to a troubled South Africa where Katie runs into an old flame.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerJack HawkinsUlla JacobssonOutnumbered British soldiers do battle with Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
- DirectorCornel WildeStarsCornel WildeGert van den BerghKen GampuDuring the 1800s, a safari guide, two elephant hunters and their crew run into trouble with the natives in the South African veld when they refuse to offer gifts to the tribesmen.
- DirectorGeorge P. BreakstonC. Ray StahlStarsJohn BentleyMartha HyerMorasiIn colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and female reporter try to stop him before he breaks colonial law.
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsIdi AminFidel CastroGolda MeirA documentary on the military dictator of Africa's Uganda.
- DirectorPeter R. HuntStarsRoger MooreSusannah YorkRay MillandA South African gold mine foreman is unwittingly manipulated by an unscrupulous gang of financiers who want to flood the mine to raise the price of gold on the world market.
- DirectorPeter R. HuntStarsLee MarvinRoger MooreBarbara ParkinsDuring World War I, a British aristocrat, an American entrepreneur, and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battlecruiser, which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar.
- DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsRobert TaylorAnthony NewleyAnne AubreyIn the 19th century, during the German colonial rule, railway engineer Robert Adamson arrives in the Kilimanjaro Region to finish building a railroad through hostile territory.
- DirectorCompton BennettAndrew MartonStarsDeborah KerrStewart GrangerRichard CarlsonAdventurer Allan Quartermain leads an expedition into uncharted African territory in an attempt to locate an explorer who went missing during his search for the fabled diamond mines of King Solomon.
- DirectorAndré De TothStarsVan HeflinRuth RomanHoward DuffIn Kenya, in 1903, when escaped murderer Abel McCracken instigates the Nukumbi tribe to raid white settlements, colonist John Gale organizes a human hunt to capture McCracken.
- DirectorHerbert SelpinStarsSepp RistIlse StobrawaLudwig GernerWhen the Fatherland is threatened during the Great War, colonists in Germany's African territory burn down their farms and return to serve on the battlefield.
- DirectorRobert LynnStarsSteve CochranHildegard KnefPaul HubschmidAn out-of-work and penniless American pilot is offered work in Mozambique and promptly becomes an unwitting pawn in a world of drug smuggling, kidnap and murder.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsEdward G. RobinsonFergus McClellandConstance CummingsTen year old Sammy travels 4500 miles on his own from the Suez Canal to Durban, South Africa.
- DirectorJamie UysStarsWynand UysJamie UysLady Frolic of BelvedaleAfter a plane crash a young boy and his dog wander through the Kalahari desert.
- DirectorCy EndfieldStarsStanley BakerStuart WhitmanSusannah YorkAfter a small aircraft crashes in the Kalahari Desert, one of the seven passengers decides that his survival chances would increase if he eliminates the other men in the group.
- DirectorSidney HayersOrson WellesStarsGeorge SegalUrsula AndressOrson WellesIn 1912 West Africa, diamond tycoon Kramer hires penniless American fortune hunter Dan Rockland, who's posing as a geologist, but when a huge diamond is found, everyone wants to steal it.
- DirectorAndrew V. McLaglenStarsRichard BurtonRoger MooreRichard HarrisA British banker hires a group of British mercenaries to rescue a deposed African President from the hands of a corrupt African dictator.
- DirectorMario SicilianoStarsIvan RassimovSieghardt RuppKirk MorrisSeven mercenaries on a mission into Simba controlled Congo territory requisite with typical sterotypes.
- DirectorJack CardiffStarsRod TaylorYvette MimieuxPeter CarstenA band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJames StewartRichard AttenboroughPeter FinchAfter an oil company plane crashes in the Sahara, the survivors are buoyed with hope by one of the passengers, an airplane designer who plans for them to build a flyable plane from the wreckage.
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsJohn WayneElsa MartinelliHardy KrügerA group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsJean CarmetJacques DufilhoCatherine RouvelDuring World War I, French colonists lost in African desert decide to attack their German neighbors.
- DirectorHenry HathawayStarsKaz GarasStewart GrangerGabriella LicudiMiles Gilchrist is a big game hunter in Africa. He goes on a safari to shoot an elephant who killed his friend.
- DirectorMichele LupoStarsGiuliano GemmaUrsula AndressJack PalanceA goods trader in southern Africa aids a mysterious nun escape the clutches of a dangerous ivory and animal trafficker.
- DirectorDuccio TessariStarsGiuliano GemmaUrsula AndressJack PalanceTwo safari tour-guides and business partners find in the African jungle a wandering stunning blonde who suffers from amnesia.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsMichael CainePeter UstinovKabir BediDr. Anansa Linderby (Beverly Johnson) is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment, her husband will do anything to recover her and to punish the bad guys, but that will be not an easy task.
- DirectorItalo ZingarelliStarsTerence HillBud SpencerJoe BugnerIn Africa, 2 expat "brothers" are usually at each other's throats but now have a common enemy. Ormond's men are shooting or catching much of the wildlife for export as well as forcing the locals off their land. Lots of fun fights follow.
- DirectorJohn HustonStarsHumphrey BogartKatharine HepburnRobert MorleyIn WWI East Africa, a gin-swilling Canadian riverboat captain is persuaded by a strait-laced English missionary to undertake a trip up a treacherous river and use his boat to attack a German gunship.