The Naked Prey

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The Naked Prey

Released Jun 14, 1966

1h 36m

Adventure

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A safari guide (Cornel Wilde) cautions the hunting party he is leading to respect the African natives they encounter. Instead of heeding this advice, one of the party actively insults the tribe, which captures and kills the entire group. Only the guide is spared. But he is stripped of his clothing, and given a head start before the warriors give chase. Using his knowledge of the land and resourcefulness, the guide must make his way back to the closest British fort.

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Fernando F. Croce

Slant Magazine

offers a vision of survival at its starkest, boiled down to physical endurance, reflexes, and the desperate need to keep ahead of the foe snapping at your heels.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 13, 2008

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Rated: 2/4

Oct 23, 2004

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Brutal in its depictions of both tribal savagery and English arrogance, the film nevertheless avoids lazy stereotyping.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 23, 2019

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

There's no real ploy for audience sympathies, which is perhaps what makes The Naked Prey feel relevant and naggingly pervasive thanks to this transparency and lack of manipulation.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 31, 2018

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Chris Buckle

The Skinny

Cornel Wilde impresses on both sides of the camera, giving a committed, physical performance in the lead and keeping the action lean and relentless as director

Rated: 4/5

Nov 4, 2015

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Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Taken as a lively adventure yarn, it's enjoyable, but the claims that there's more to it than that ring a little hollow.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 15, 2008

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Vic M

Saw this movie when I was a teenager. The movie is incredible in so many ways. A must see!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/31/23

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Audience Member

In Cornel Wilde's eight-film directorial filmography, The Naked Prey leads the pack, bursting onto mid-decade cinema screens with its savage (certainly for the time, if not also today) moments of torture, killing, animal death (sourced from jungle stock footage, but real death nonetheless), and even an arterial spray or two.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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What I especially liked about this movie is that an outnumbered white man gets the best of his African pursuers at every turn.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Well done,but brutal in its depiction of torture for the unlucky party. Cornel Wilde is great in this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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delysid d

i loved this movie, reminded me alot of ZULU

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/18

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Some rich men are someplace in Africa hunting for Ivory. They shoot some elephants and they drink. One of the guys paid for it so he wants the trip to be excactly as he wants it to be. The guy that makes arrangements and controlls it, known as The Man, is not liking his attitude as he drinks, kills elephants without ivory for fun and disrespect the tribe they are out hunting with. As a result the tribe kills the entire gang of white men. Well, accept from The Man that are made to run out into the wild, naked and unarmed. The hunt is on. We see The Man defend himself from the guys after him. He hides, eats, run - well, he survives. He's quite good at it too. Exciting, pretty minimalistic but highly entertaining. I don't like the animal cruelty and some racial stuff, but the film is something of it's own and a very fresh film. Made over 50 years ago and it couldnt been done better today. Great film. 8 out of 10 naked runners.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Cornel Wilde

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Cornel Wilde

The Man

Gert van den Bergh

Man 2

Ken Gampu

Leader of the warriors

Patrick Mynhardt

Safari overseer

Bella Randels

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The Naked Prey: Official Clip - Flight to the Fortress

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The Naked Prey: Official Clip - Ambush

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The Naked Prey: Official Clip - Deadly Defense

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The Naked Prey: Official Clip - Elephant Hunting

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The Naked Prey: Official Clip - Run for Your Life

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Synopsis

A safari guide (Cornel Wilde) cautions the hunting party he is leading to respect the African natives they encounter. Instead of heeding this advice, one of the party actively insults the tribe, which captures and kills the entire group. Only the guide is spared. But he is stripped of his clothing, and given a head start before the warriors give chase. Using his knowledge of the land and resourcefulness, the guide must make his way back to the closest British fort.

Director: Cornel Wilde
Producer: Cornel Wilde
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Genre: Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 14, 1966, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2014
Runtime: 1h 36m

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