Odongo

Odongo
Odongo
	Original film poster
Directed by	John Gilling
Screenplay by	John Gilling; Islin Auster (story)
Produced by	Irving Allen; Albert R. Broccoli
Starring	Rhonda Fleming; Juma; Macdonald Carey; Earl Cameron
Cinematography	Ted Moore
Music by	George Melachrino
Production; company	Warwick Films
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 1956 (US);
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	£121,093

Odongo or Odongo Adventure on the African Frontier is a 1956 British Warwick Films CinemaScope African adventure drama film directed by John Gilling and starring Rhonda Fleming, Macdonald Carey and Juma.^[2] The screenplay concerns a white hunter who falls in love with a vet in Kenya.

Plot

Pamela, a veterinarian from Pittsburgh, comes to Kenya to work on big-game hunter Steve Stratton's farm. He was expecting a man and doesn't want her there.

The exotic animals Steve hunts and collects are precious to young native Odongo, who is employed by him. When another worker, Walla, is fired, he attacks Odongo, whose pet chimp comes to his rescue. Steve threatens to send the chimp to a zoo.

Odongo misses on purpose during a safari when Steve orders him to shoot an impala. Steve also saves Pam from a charging rhino and hopes she will leave. But his attitude softens after Pam delivers a native's baby and is given a rare animal as a reward.

The angry Walla frees all of the animals from their pens and starts a fire. Odongo is accused by Steve, then is taken hostage by Walla and pushed from a cliff into crocodile-filled waters. Steve jumps in to save him, while Walla fatally encounters one of Odongo's animals while trying to escape. Pamela agrees to stay.

Cast

Rhonda Fleming - Pamela Muir
Macdonald Carey - Steve Stratton
Juma - Odongo
Eleanor Summerfield - Celia Watford
Francis de Wolff - George Watford
Leonard Sachs - Game Warden
Earl Cameron - Hassan
Dan Jackson - Walla
Michael Caridia - Lester Watford
Errol John - Mr Bawa
Paul Hardtmuth - Mohammed
Bartholomew Sketch - Leni
Lionel Ngakane - Leni's Brother

References

^ Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359
^ BFI.org

External links

Odongo at IMDb

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[money-1] Chapman, J. (2022). The Money Behind the Screen: A History of British Film Finance, 1945-1985. Edinburgh University Press p 359

[2] BFI.org

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