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Zanzibar

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An adventuress and her companions scour the African jungle for a sacred skull.

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B.R. Crisler New York Times 05/04/2020
Despite all its melodramatic frenzy, Zanzibar still seems more like a continued-next-week serial than a feature picture. Go to Full Review
TIME Staff TIME Magazine 05/04/2020
One of the funniest pictures ever made in all seriousness. Go to Full Review
Age Staff The Age (Australia) 05/04/2020
[Zanzibar] is a revelation of what can be achieved in action and scenic effects by the modern film producer. Go to Full Review
Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) 05/04/2020
It Is a composite of all the jungle films ever made. Go to Full Review
Nelson Burns (Te Pana) Courier Mail (Australia) 05/04/2020
Snarling beasts, fighting, clawing, and scratching, crowd the jungle landscapes, and 'rip-roaring' is the only adjective I can think of to describe these sequences. Go to Full Review
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Movie Info

Synopsis An adventuress and her companions scour the African jungle for a sacred skull.
Director
Harold D. Schuster
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 8, 1940, Original
Runtime
1h 10m