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| Title: SAFARI Year: 1956 Rating: *** |
In 1956, future James Bond franchise director Terence Young had Victor Mature playing a charming kind of scoundrel, twice... in ZARAK his title character's an Arab bandit, and in SAFARI he's a kind of AFRICAN QUEEN Humphrey Bogart had he been in a revenge-driven b-adventure flick...
As the worst parts occur before he's hired to be a lion-hunting guide for old rich jerk Roland Culver, engaged to one of the most gorgeous actresses of all time, looking possibly her most gorgeous here...
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| From SAFARI |
As classy climber Janet Leigh's anti-chemistry with the rugged Mature is more intriguing than mostly superimposed jungle sequences, where our cranky hero combines his guide gig with an attempt to find and kill the Mau Mau gang leader who killed his son (with one of the most annoying dubbed voices ever recorded)...
Throw in a bit of CASABLANCA as her fiance's handsome younger British sidekick John Justin is reminiscent of Paul Henried, who Leigh should logically marry... but with so much semi-sizzle between swarthy Mature leading to a ZULU-foreboding gunfight finale, SAFARI makes for a nifty time-filling combination of adventure and romance — but without being altogether adventurously romantic.
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| Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in SAFARI |
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| Victor Mature in SAFARI |
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| Roland Culver and Victor Mature in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh in SAFARI |
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| Liam Redmond in SAFARI |
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| John Justin in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh and Victor Mature in SAFARI with Roland Young and John Justin |
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| Janet Leigh in SAFARI |
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| Janet Leigh in SAFARI |
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| From SAFARI |
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