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      Sands of the Kalahari

      Released Nov 24, 1965 1h 59m Adventure List
      Reviews 62% Fewer than 50 Ratings Audience Score After a small plane crashes in the jungles of South Africa, its surviving passengers struggle to find their way back to civilization. Devious Brian O'Brien (Stuart Whitman) puts himself in charge of the group, which includes divorcée Grace (Susannah York), mining engineer Bain (Stanley Baker) and German-born Grimmelman (Harry Andrews). When O'Brien kills Grimmelman following a dispute, the group turns on the self-appointed leader, leaving him at the mercy of the jungle's savage creatures. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Slow, left me feeling like I needed a shower, only lasted 3/4 of the way through. York was a bust, Whitman was OK. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the great survival films of all time. Tense, wonderfully acted, stunning photography and featuring one of the great film endings of all time. How the hell they shot this film, and all those baboons is beyond me. If remade today it would be filled with laughable cgi animals. Watch this unsung classic - you won't regret it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Starts well but becomes endless and then limps along to a pointless conclusion. Whitman, clad for most of the film in nothing but tiny cutoffs, is impressively fit. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Tagline: Danger the Eyes of Man Have Never Seen! When their plane goes down in the African desert, its survival mode and primal carnage in Cy Endfield's Sands of the Kalahari. Also known as the director of the fabulous action adventure Zulu, Cy Endfield's tight direction makes for another taut thriller with tons of adventure and suspense. The movie has developed character, and great sense of adventure and danger, and ultimately has plenty of themes with man vs. man and man vs. wild. Sands of the Kalahari is an adventure film with a capital "A". Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member A terrific action adventure about our most primitive and beastly animal instincts put to the test in a primeval wasteland. Stuart Whitman is perfect as a man, an outsider, relishing his animal ancestry in a contest with his fellow stranded humans and wild baboons. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Schematic but enthralling survival thriller. Rated: B Nov 16, 2012 Full Review Sean Axmaker MSN.com Cy Endfield explored similar themes in "Zulu" a year before but this comes off as pulp melodrama of the machismo variety. Aug 3, 2011 Full Review Shane Burridge rec.arts.movies.reviews Gripping, existential adventure. Jul 26, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After a small plane crashes in the jungles of South Africa, its surviving passengers struggle to find their way back to civilization. Devious Brian O'Brien (Stuart Whitman) puts himself in charge of the group, which includes divorcée Grace (Susannah York), mining engineer Bain (Stanley Baker) and German-born Grimmelman (Harry Andrews). When O'Brien kills Grimmelman following a dispute, the group turns on the self-appointed leader, leaving him at the mercy of the jungle's savage creatures.
      Director
      Charles De Latour
      Producer
      Joseph E. Levine
      Screenwriter
      Charles De Latour
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Joseph M. Schenck Enterprises
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Nov 24, 1965, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 15, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 59m
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