A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.
Acting
Mitchum's exhausted charisma carries this entire rickety production.
Production
Actual Kenya locations give authentic texture to dated material.
Director
Ronald Neame
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mitchum reportedly accepted this role solely for the African location shoot, treating it as a paid vacation.
The film awkwardly straddles the end of classic Hollywood imperial romance and emerging consciousness of colonial critique.
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