Zanzibar

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Zanzibar

Released Mar 8, 1940

1h 10m

Adventure

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

B.R. Crisler

New York Times

Despite all its melodramatic frenzy, Zanzibar still seems more like a continued-next-week serial than a feature picture.

May 4, 2020

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TIME Staff

TIME Magazine

One of the funniest pictures ever made in all seriousness.

May 4, 2020

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Age Staff

The Age (Australia)

[Zanzibar] is a revelation of what can be achieved in action and scenic effects by the modern film producer.

May 4, 2020

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Josephine O'Neill

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

It Is a composite of all the jungle films ever made.

May 4, 2020

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Nelson Burns (Te Pana)

Courier Mail (Australia)

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.

May 4, 2020

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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