Safari (1955 film)


Safari is a 1956 British film, directed by Terence Young and set during the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya. Starring Victor Mature, Janet Leigh, Roland Culver, John Justin and Earl Cameron, it was intentionally cast to attract an American audience, by making both the hero and the lead female character Americans played by American actors.

When Duffield returns to his destroyed homestead, the police have obtained information about Jeroges role in the affair. Surmising that Duffield will use his hunting expertise to track down and revenge himself on the terrorists in general and Jeroge in particular, they escort him back to Nairobi and revoke his hunting licence until the situation and Duffield cools down.Duffield spends his exile in Nairobi drinking and gathering information about Jeroge from his African friends. He gets his chance for revenge when the powerful Sir Vincent Brampton Roland Culver, accompanied by his flunky Brian John Justin and his young American trophy fiance Linda Janet Leigh, arrive in Nairobi determined to hire Duffield to lead a safari so Sir Vincent can bag a legendary maneating lion named Hatari. Duffield knows that Hatari resides in an area that Jeroge is known to frequent and that Sir Vincent can use his influence to get his hunting licence back. ........

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