Summary
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Skip it if
- You want something quiet and calm
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+18)
Critics 81Audiences 63GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer92%
Metascore69
IMDb6.7
Letterboxd · 4 K ratings3.2/5
Audience score59%
Box office
6.5×its budget
- Budget
- $2 M
- Worldwide
- $15 M
Worldwide it earned $13 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 43 min
A typical length for adventure movies
typical 103103Half of all adventure movies run 93–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 24 more
Released
1950
November 9, 1950
76 years ago
Genres
AdventureActionRomanceLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Academy Awards1951
- Best Cinematography, Color1951Won
- Film Editing1951Won
- Best Picture1951Nominated
Rated
No age rating yet.
Yes: its content advisories are violence, and the viewing guide lists it for kids.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesLittle or none
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
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and 4 more15 people
- Deborah KerrElizabeth Curtis
- Stewart GrangerAllan Quartermain
- Richard CarlsonJohn Goode
- Hugo HaasVan Brun
- Lowell GilmoreEric Masters
- KKimursiKhiva (as Kimursi of the Kipsigi Tribe)
- SSiriaqueUmbopa (as Siriaque of the Watussi Tribe)
- SSekaryongoChief Gagool (as Sekaryongo of the Watussi Tribe)
- BBazigaKing Twala (as Baziga of the Watussi Tribe)
- MAMunto AnampioChief Bilu (uncredited)
- John BannerAustin - Safari Client (uncredited)
- BBenempingaBlack Circle (uncredited)
- GGutareKafa - Umbopa's Old Uncle (uncredited)
- IIvargwemaBlue Star (uncredited)
- Henry RowlandTraum - Safari Client (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Andrew Marton Director
- Compton Bennett Director
Writing · 2
- Helen Deutsch Screenplay
- H. Rider Haggard Novel
Production · 1
- Sam Zimbalist Producer
Camera · 1
- Robert Surtees Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- Ralph E. Winters Editor
- Conrad A. Nervig Editor
Sound · 2
- Mischa Spoliansky Original Music Composer
- Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Art · 4
- Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
- Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
- F. Keogh Gleason Assistant Set Decoration
- Paul Groesse Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Walter Plunkett Costume Design
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