
The Snows of Kilimanjaro(1952)
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.


“Flaming love found in the savage heart of the jungle!”
On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Clark Gable
Victor Marswell

Ava Gardner
Eloise Y. Kelly

Grace Kelly
Linda Nordley

Donald Sinden
Donald Nordley
Philip Stainton
John Brown-Pryce

Eric Pohlmann
Leon Boltchak

Laurence Naismith
Skipper

Denis O'Dea
Father Josef

Bruce Seton
Wilson (uncredited)
Asa Etula
Young Native Girl (uncredited)
Mogambo is a adventure, drama, romance film released in 1953 exploring themes of human vs nature, gorilla, safari, man between two women, sexual tension, kenya. Directed by John Ford, it stars Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly. On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.
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