Directed by:
Terence YoungScreenplay:
Anthony VeillerCinematography:
John WilcoxComposer:
William AlwynCast:
Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, John Justin, Roland Culver, Earl Cameron, Lionel Ngakane, Estelle Brody, Orlando Martins, Liam Redmond, Frank SinguineauPlots(1)
This tense, uncompromising African actioner affords Victor Mature one of his best screen roles. When his family is wiped out by Mau Mau insurrectionists, white hunter Mature assembles an expedition to track down the tribal leader responsible for the massacre. The British authorities don't want Mature to foment further difficulty by seeking revenge, so they revoke his hunting license. Still, he manages to embark upon his justice-seeking safari by hiring himself out as a guide for millionaire lion hunter Roland Culver and Culver's fiancee Janet Leigh. The grimness of the proceedings is occasionally leavened by an incongruously upbeat musical score. Safari was photographed on location by Ted Moore and directed by Terence Young, who'd later collaborate on the James Bond epic Thunderball (1965). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Victor Mature](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268049_4cbddc.jpg)
Victor Mature
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
![Janet Leigh](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267522_6f78d2.jpg)
Janet Leigh
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Little Women (1949)
![John Justin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/223/163223688_be86f6.jpg)
John Justin
UK
Best movies:
Savage Messiah (1972)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Breaking the Sound Barrier (1952)
![Roland Culver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272336_8621b8.jpg)
Roland Culver
UK
Best movies:
To Each His Own (1946)
Thunderball (1965)
The Adventures of Colonel Blimp (1943)
![Earl Cameron](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185750_a1f8bb.gif)
Earl Cameron
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Thunderball (1965)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Lionel Ngakane
South Africa
Best movies:
Across the Bridge (1957)
Estelle Brody
USA
Best movies:
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
The Martian Chronicles (1980) (series)
Orlando Martins
Nigeria
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Sapphire (1959)
Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
Liam Redmond
Ireland
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
The 25th Hour (1967)
Frank Singuineau
Trinidad and Tobago
Best movies:
Baxter! (1973)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Nun's Story (1959)