Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
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Stranded in the African wilds by a plane crash, a disparate group of passengers' worst enemy isn't weather or wild animals but a fellow traveler. A delayed flight causes several South African travelers to charter a small plane from unctuous pilot Sturdevan (Nigel Davenport). Among the group: Dr. Bondrachai (Theodore Bikel), divorcee Grace Munkton (Susannah York), the crooked Brian O'Brien (Stuart Whitman), the elderly German Grimmelman (Harry Andrews), and mining engineer Mike Bain (Stanley
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Stuart Whitman
Brian O'Brien -
Stanley Baker
Mike Bain -
Susannah York
Grace Monckton -
Harry Andrews
Grimmelman -
Theodore Bikel
Dr. Bondarahkai -
Nigel Davenport
Sturdevant -
Barry Lowe
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (2) | DVD (3)
Schematic but enthralling survival thriller.
Cy Endfield explored similar themes in "Zulu" a year before but this comes off as pulp melodrama of the machismo variety.
Gripping, existential adventure.
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