
Test Pilot(1938)
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.


“It's a Safari of Love! Burning sands . . . burning lips! It's night-time on the glamorous Nile!”
Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Jim Logan

Madeleine Carroll
Linda Stewart

Tullio Carminati
Baron de Courtland

Muriel Angelus
Fay Thorne

Lynne Overman
Jock McPhail

Frederick Vogeding
Captain on Yacht

Clinton Rosemond
Mike

Billy Gilbert
Mondehare
Thomas Louden
Dr. Phillips
Fred Godoy
Steward
Safari is a adventure, romance, drama film released in 1940. Directed by Edward H. Griffith, it stars Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Madeleine Carroll, Tullio Carminati. Millionaire Baron de Courland and his fiancée Linda Stewart employ Jim Logan as a guide for their hunting trip in the jungle. Linda finds unplanned adventure in her sudden love for Jim, ultimately forsaking her future with the Baron for the joys of true love.
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