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Sands of the Kalahari

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6.1/10 • 30

1965-11-241h 59m

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The strangest adventure the eyes of man have ever seen!

A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes.

Directors
Cy Endfield
Editors
John Jympson

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  1. Stuart Whitman

    Stuart Whitman

    Brian O'Brien

  2. Stanley Baker

    Stanley Baker

    Mike Bain

  3. Susannah York

    Susannah York

    Grace Munkton

  4. Harry Andrews

    Harry Andrews

    Grimmelman

  5. Theodore Bikel

    Theodore Bikel

    Bondrechai

  6. Nigel Davenport

    Nigel Davenport

    Sturdevan

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John Chard

Oct 4, 2015

7/10

Lord of the Baboons. Sands of the Kalahari is directed by Cy Endfield who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by William Mulvihill. It stars Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York, Harry Andrews, Theodore Bikel and Nigel Davenport. Music is by John Dankworth and cinematography by Erwin Hillier. A raw survivalist thriller that finds a disparate group of people crash land in the deserts of Africa and promptly start to come apart as a group. Cue arguments, attempted rape, killings, animal slaughter, alpha male posturing and Adam and Eve complexes. The allegory is obvious but handled with skill by Endfield, and it all builds with great intensity towards a truly bleak, yet delightfully ambiguous finale. There's some over acting going on and the dialogue can stretch credibility at times, but yes this is a worthy entry in the survivalist hall of fame. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
africasurvivalbaboon