Tanganyika (film)
| Tanganyika | |
|---|---|
 Film poster by Reynold Brown | |
| Directed by | Andre de Toth |
| Screenplay by | William Sackheim Richard Alan Simmons |
| Story by | William R. Cox |
| Produced by | Albert J. Cohen |
| Starring | Van Heflin Ruth Roman Howard Duff |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Al Clark, |
| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal International Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million[1] |
Tanganyika is a 1954 American Technicolor action adventure film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Van Heflin, Ruth Roman and Howard Duff.[2][3] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Plot
"Territory of East Africa 1903". In the British colonial region adjoining German East Africa (a portion of which was referenced as Tanganyika), tough American colonist John Gale is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken, who is stirring up the (fictional) Nukumbi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings.[4]
En route, he picks up four survivors of a Nukumbi raid: Dan Harder, former teacher Peggy, and the two orphaned children of her brother who was killed in the raid. Harder is secretly McCracken's brother, while Gale's motives however have nothing to do with justice or even the charms of Peggy; he hopes to stake a claim on a valuable piece of land. The Nukumbi are lying in wait and, eventually, Gale and McCracken meet in man-to-man combat.[5]
Cast
- Van Heflin as John Gale
- Ruth Roman as Peggy
- Howard Duffas Dan Harder McCracken
- Jeff Morrow as Abel McCracken
- Joe Comadore as Andolo
- Noreen Corcoran as Sally
- Gregory Marshall as Andy
- Naaman Brown as Nukumbi Prisoner
- Edward C. Short as Head Porter
- Murray Alper as Paul Duffy
- Jester Hairston as Singer
References
- ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
- ^ Posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika
- ^ Movieman. Tanganyika write-up and collection of lobby cards (Films of the Fifties, January 25, 2013)
- ^ Sculthorpe, Derek. Van Heflin: A Life in Film, pages 113–14. McFarland, 2016 ISBN 078649686X
- ^ Additional posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika
External links
- Tanganyika at IMDb
- Tanganyika at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Tanganyika at the TCM Movie Database
- Tanganyika at AllMovie
- Tanganyika at TV Guide (1987 write-up was originally published in The Motion Picture Guide)