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      Mogambo

      1953, Adventure, 1h 55m

      13 Reviews 2,500+ Ratings

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      Movie Info

      Victor Marswell (Clark Gable) is a big-game hunter in Kenya. After Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner) is stood up by a friend there, she falls in with Marswell. Shortly thereafter, the Nordleys (Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden) arrive for a gorilla safari. Mrs. Nordley, disillusioned with her husband, takes a liking to Marswell, and the two have a brief affair. Kelly grows jealous, and the two women engage in a battle of wills over the hunter, while Mr. Nordley remains oblivious to it all.

      • Genre: Adventure

      • Original Language: English

      • Director: John Ford

      • Producer: Sam Zimbalist

      • Writer: John Lee Mahin, Wilson Collison

      • Release Date (Theaters):  wide

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      • Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc.

      • Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer

      • Sound Mix: Stereo

      Cast & Crew

      Clark Gable
      Ava Gardner
      Grace Kelly
      Donald Sinden
      Philip Stainton
      Eric Pohlmann
      Denis O'Dea
      John Ford
      Robert Surtees
      Freddie Young
      Frank Clarke
      Alfred Junge
      Helen Rose
      Colin Garde
      Maude Onslow
      Roy Parkinson
      Cecil F. Ford
      Wingate Smith
      John Pallatt
      Amy Fisher
      A.W. Watkins
      Tom Howard

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      • Mar 06, 2022
        A great role for Gardner but other than that its mostly silly and unremarkable.
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      • Dec 30, 2013
        Not one of John Ford's best, Mogambo is escapism in its more pure form. Considering that there was a lot of sleeping around on set, enough of the passion was kept to add to the on-screen chemistry. A tad bit silly in the end.
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      • Sep 05, 2010
        I found this movie boring, I didn't watch the entire movie I was too bored. This is one of those jungle pictures with a little romance thrown in, and not much more. I didn't like it.
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      • Feb 11, 2010
        If you are going to put Clark Gable in Africa hunting animals and banging beautiful woman in a movie, your going to need a man's man director, and nobody is more perfrect(well maybe Huston) for that task than other John Ford. When I finshed watching this I sat there for a while and thought nothing really happened, but damn I loved it. Cause really a lot is happening, and I think that is what is great about this film. It just takes you into this world and lets you just watch it unravel piece by piece.
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