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Beyond Mombasa
An American travels to East Africa, where he tries to find out how his brother died.
Release : | 1957 |
Rating : | 5.7 |
Studio : | Columbia Pictures, Hemisphere Pictures, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Draughtsman, |
Cast : | Cornel Wilde Donna Reed Leo Genn Ron Randell Christopher Lee |
Genre : | Adventure Action |
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Highly Overrated But Still Good
The acting in this movie is really good.
This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama
The characters are cardboard : the rough rider ,who has been through it all ,the beautiful heroine who cannot stand this rude guy,her wise uncle, and two sinister-looking guys ,plus the leopard men in the background.At first sight, the principal is a cynical guy who does not even want to attend his own brother's funeral ,but is only in it for the money;of course,as expected , further acquaintance shows actually a brave guy the reluctant heroine will become little by little mad about (and the other way about).Although it's labelled "adventures movie" ,it is actually a whodunit : who killed the unfortunate brother who discovered uranium in his mine?Every member of the expedition is a suspect .The stupefied expression on the last victim's face is pure thriller.Spoiler: The most interesting side of this story is religious fanatism :how a man who thinks he serves as the instrument of the wrathful petulant Jehovah of Victorian Sunday schools can awaken the old superstitions of the natives and use their own creed . However,as there are absolutely no clues, no forerunner, whilst the identity of the culprit is unexpected,it is a rather implausible.Cornell Wilde's African adventures are best appreciated in his own " Naked prey"(1966) ,his extraordinary "most dangerous game" .
As Hollywood produced films about Africa now had to be shot in Africa for realism's sake since King Solomon's Mines and The African Queen I suppose that Cornel Wilde and Donna Reed were grateful for the safari adventure they got courtesy of Columbia Pictures for filming Beyond Mombasa. The location shooting in Mombasa and in the rest of what was then Kenya colony is this film's biggest asset.Wilde is in Africa having been sent for by his brother who even made hotel reservations in Mombasa for him. Upon arrival he finds kindly missionary Leo Genn and his anthropologist niece Reed breaking the bad news about his brother's death at the hands of a revived cult of the Leopard. Wilde thinks it might have been the very real Mau Maus, but Genn says it's the leopard crowd.Determined to get to the bottom of things, Wilde goes with Genn and Reed into the interior of Kenya, Beyond Mombasa to find where his brother might have found uranium. Their guide is another partner of the brother Christopher Lee and they're to join yet a third partner Ron Randell near the mine. I can't say any more lest I spoil a most ridiculous plot turn. All I can say is that one of the cast has truly gone native.I suppose a good safari is a good enough reason to be in one stinker of a movie.
It is not clear exactly who this film was aimed at.Filmed in technicolour in Africa,with interiors in the UK with a largely British cast.The two main leads are American.So maybe this was made for the American as well as the British market.The story is rather strange.It seems to be utilising elements of the then current Mau mau uprising in Kenya and renaming them the Leopard people.Instead of seeking independence they are being led by a dotty English missionary,played by Leo Genn in a very unsatisfactory wig,to protect a uranium mine.In the meantime Wilde and Reed are having a truly tiresome romance.Some good location scenes but that is about all of interest.
George Marshall directs this Columbia Pictures East African travelogue. Matt Campbell(Cornell Wilde) makes the trip to Mombasa, Kenya too late for his brother's funeral. He discovers his brother did not die of natural causes, but murdered. Matt would like to know who murdered him; but unsympathetically would like to know more about the location of a mine that his sibling wrote him about. Early on arrival, Mr. Campbell meets with a missionary, Ralph Hoyt(Leo Genn)and Hoyt's niece Ann Wilson(Donna Reed)and joins them on safari and search for the valuable mine. This is not a gold mine, nor diamond mine; but a uranium mine. Several attempts are made on Matt's life and he knows someone seriously does not want him to locate the mine. As the safari travels beyond Mombasa, natives speak of a white man being killed by a legendary tribe of "leopard men". This action adventure seems a bit longer than the quoted running time of an hour and thirty minutes. Sure some scenes may have been drawn out a bit; and any violence is not very shocking. Banter between Wilde and Reed at times is playfully humorous. Horror film veteran Christopher Lee plays a shady Frenchman. Also supporting are Ron Randall and Dan Jackson. This film was indeed filmed in Mombasa, Kenya.