Sands of the Kalahari
The strangest adventure the eyes of man have ever seen!
1965 | 119m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Cy Endfield |
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| Writer: | William Mulvihill |
| Staring: |
| A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 24, 1965 |
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| Director: | Cy Endfield |
| Writer: | William Mulvihill |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action |
| Keywords | africa, survival, baboon |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, Joseph M. Schenck Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Stuart Whitman | Brian O'Brien |
| Stanley Baker | Mike Bain |
| Susannah York | Grace Munkton |
| Harry Andrews | Grimmelman |
| Theodore Bikel | Bondrechai |
| Nigel Davenport | Sturdevan |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Erwin Hillier | Director of Photography |
| John Dankworth | Music |
| Cy Endfield | Director |
| John Jympson | Editor |
| Seamus Flannery | Art Direction |
| George Provis | Art Direction |
| Muirne van Wyk | Script Supervisor |
| Tony White | Camera Operator |
| Cliff Richardson | Special Effects |
| Wally Veevers | Special Effects |
| Rusty Coppleman | Sound Editor |
| Gordon Bond | Hairstylist |
| Wally Fairweather | Focus Puller |
| Ariel Levy | Assistant Director |
| Ray Thorne | Assistant Editor |
| John Aldred | Sound Recordist |
| William Mulvihill | Author |
| David de Wilde | Assistant Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Stanley Baker | Producer |
| Cy Endfield | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Lord of the Baboons. Sands of the Kalahari is directed by Cy Endfield who also adapts the screenplay from the novel of the same name written by William Mulvihill. It stars Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York, Harry Andrews, Theodore Bikel and Nigel Davenport. Music is by John Dankworth a ... nd cinematography by Erwin Hillier. A raw survivalist thriller that finds a disparate group of people crash land in the deserts of Africa and promptly start to come apart as a group. Cue arguments, attempted rape, killings, animal slaughter, alpha male posturing and Adam and Eve complexes. The allegory is obvious but handled with skill by Endfield, and it all builds with great intensity towards a truly bleak, yet delightfully ambiguous finale. There's some over acting going on and the dialogue can stretch credibility at times, but yes this is a worthy entry in the survivalist hall of fame. 7/10