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Mogambo (1953)

Approved  |   |  Adventure, Drama, Romance  |  9 October 1953 (USA)
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Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their ... See full summary »

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Samburu ...
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Themselves (as Wagenia tribe of Belgian Congo)
Bahaya ...
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Themselves (as M'Beti tribe of French Equatorial Africa)
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Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, but eventually succeed. Written by Rob Hardy <ai822@dayton.wright.edu>

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Могамбо  »

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Trivia

The shoot required 13 dining tents, a travelling movie theatre, an entertainment tent with pool tables, a hospital with its own X-ray machine, luxurious private tents for the stars and even a jail. See more »

Goofs

After Victor rescues Mrs Nordley when she wanders off, a sudden storm blows in. But only the trees and bushes near the actors are blown about by the 'storm', the trees visible a short distance behind them are completely calm. See more »

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Eloise Y. 'Honey Bear' Kelly: The only lions I ever want to see again are the two in front of the public library.
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Opening Title Card reads: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is grateful beyond measure to the government officials of Kenya Colony, Tanganyika, the Uganda Protectorate and the Republic of French Equatorial Africa, whose limitless co-operation made this motion picture possible. See more »

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COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE
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African Adventure
28 July 2004 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

I love Mogambo, the cinematography is breathtaking, filmed in luscious technicolor and some of the characters are equally as colorful. The cast is headed by Clark Gable, who plays tough trapper Victor Marswell. Joining him is Ava Gardner, on fantastic form as fun-loving Eloise Kelly and her rival for Marswell's affections is Grace Kelly as Linda Nordley, a repressed anthropologist's wife. The banter between Gardner and Gable is superb and there is a chance to see a good performance from Kelly before she became known as Hitchcock's glamorous leading lady. Highly recommended!


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