Killers of Kilimanjaro
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | John R Sloane executive Irving Allen Albert R. Broccoli |
| Screenplay by | John Gilling |
| Based on | story by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum from book African Bush Adventuresby J Hunter |
| Starring |
Robert Taylor Anthony Newley |
| Music by | William Alwyn |
| Cinematography | Ted Moore |
| Edited by | Geoffrey Foot |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Release date
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1959 |
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Running time
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91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Killers of Kilimanjaro is a 1959 British CinemaScope adventure film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey and Donald Pleasence for Warwick Films.
The movie was originally known as Adamson of Africa.
Warwick Films had made three films in Africa, Safari, Zarak and Odongo. They announced the movie in 1956. The story was inspired by actual incidents of the Tsavo maneaters recounted in the 1955 book African Bush Adventures by JA Hunter and Daniel P. Mannix.
The screenplay was originally by Peter Viertel, who had worked on The African Queen, and written a novel of the experiences called White Hunter, Black Heart. Alan Ladd, who had made three films for Warwick, was the announced as male lead - it was meant to be part of a six-picture deal between Ladd and Warwick that also includd The Man Inside and It's Always Four O'Clock. In the final event Ladd made no further films for Warwick - the lead role went to Robert Taylor.
Filming took place on location in Moshi Tanganyika, the same location used for Mogambo and Tarzan's Greatest Adventure.
The film's title was changed to Killers of Kilimanjaro. This upset Chief Thomas Marealle of the Chagga tribe, on whose lands the film was shot, and he made an official complaint.
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