
White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.
Release Date: 6/17/1937
Runtime: 80 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Robert Stevenson
00Companies: Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Countries: United Kingdom
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A super boy's-own adaptation of the H. Rider Haggard story. At first, Sir Cedric Hardwicke comes across as a slightly stilted "Allan Quartermain" but he soon finds his rhythm and together with John Loder and Anna Lee sets off to find her long lost father as he searched deepest Africa for the legendary treasure of King Solomon. Along the way they encounter an outcast "Umbopa" (Paul Robeson) who helps guide them. Clearly they have spent some cash on this production and I think it shows; the story is fluidly directed by Robert Stevenson and we even get a song! It's riddled with colonial attitudes - almost unimaginable now - but some really grand cinematography and quite an exciting denouement make for a timeless adventure film.

Paul Robeson
Umbopa

Cedric Hardwicke
Allan Quartermain

Anna Lee
Kathleen 'Kathy' O'Brien

Roland Young
Cmdr. John Good

John Loder
Sir Henry Curtis

Frederick Leister
Diamond Buyer
Robert Adams
Twala
Tony Wane
Infadoos
Arthur Sinclair
O'Brien
Arthur Goullet
Sylvestra
Makubalo Hlubi
Kapse
Mjujwa
Scragga
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