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Mogambo (1953)
Director: John Ford
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From Time Out Film Guide
Gable's performance in Red Dust alongside Jean Harlow had been one of his earliest hits; 21 years later he was still big enough at the box-office to star in this remake, re-scripted by original screenwriter John Lee Mahin, and re-sited from a studio-set Saigon to African locations. The insolent sex talk of the original is here toned down, and the relaxed rumbustiousness of the safari love triangle is wholly in keeping with Ford's holidaying inclinations at the time. Half-hearted, half-baked, and at least half-watchable.Author: PT
Cast & crew
Director: John Ford
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
Cast: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Eric Pohlmann, Philip Stainton, Laurence Naismith, Denis O'Dea full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 116 mins
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