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On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Samburu
- Themselves
- (as Samburu tribe of Kenya Colony)
Wagenia
- Themselves
- (as Wagenia tribe of Belgian Congo)
Bahaya
- Themselves
- (as Bahaya tribe of Tanganyika)
M'Beti
- Themselves
- (as M'Beti tribe of French Equatorial Africa)
Asa Etula
- Young Native Girl
- (uncredited)
Bruce Seton
- Wilson
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaClark Gable did not get along with director John Ford during filming, and at one point walked off the set in protest at Ford's treatment of Ava Gardner. Ford also made several remarks about Gable's age and weathered appearance.
- GoofsWhen Honey Bear is awaiting the boat to take away (first time round), she is seen sitting on her suitcases and trunks. Then she walks down the slope with just her umbrella in her hand, bids Marswell good bye and hops in the boat. The captain lifts the gangway and off they sail away, forgetting her bags on the shore.
- Quotes
Eloise Kelly: Look, Buster, don't you get overstimulated with me!
- Crazy creditsOpening 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.
- ConnectionsEdited into Trader Horn (1973)
Featured review
Gable - still a catch after all those years
This fifties remake of Red Dust' casts Clark Gable again as the man trapped by the attention of two very different women. Instead of Mary Astor we have Grace Kelly as the repressed rich girl, while Jean Harlow's earthy character is portrayed by sensual Ava Gardner, a predatory animal in the hot jungle. The fourth player in the quartet (playing Kelly's husband) is Donald Sinden.
Aside from re-setting the action, changing the name of Gable's character, and giving the movie a Technicolor treatment, Mogambo doesn't update the 30s classic that much. Gable is still portrayed as irresistible to women as he was when twenty years younger, and the plot still simmers in the way it did before.
Naturally all the stars went on to other interesting things after this Gable left MGM to spend his last few years as a lucrative freelance; Kelly had a couple more major roles before marrying into Monaco royalty; and Gardner moved into more mature sexpot roles (such as her similar role opposite Richard Burton in The Night of the Iguana' a decade later). Sinden remains best known for his television work but on film he was more than adequate with the more showy co-stars in Mogambo.
This movie is not bad at all if you have a couple of hours to spend wondering how the various twists and turns will unfold.
Aside from re-setting the action, changing the name of Gable's character, and giving the movie a Technicolor treatment, Mogambo doesn't update the 30s classic that much. Gable is still portrayed as irresistible to women as he was when twenty years younger, and the plot still simmers in the way it did before.
Naturally all the stars went on to other interesting things after this Gable left MGM to spend his last few years as a lucrative freelance; Kelly had a couple more major roles before marrying into Monaco royalty; and Gardner moved into more mature sexpot roles (such as her similar role opposite Richard Burton in The Night of the Iguana' a decade later). Sinden remains best known for his television work but on film he was more than adequate with the more showy co-stars in Mogambo.
This movie is not bad at all if you have a couple of hours to spend wondering how the various twists and turns will unfold.
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- $3,103,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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