Odongo

1956 British film

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 (1956-11) (US)

Running time

| 85 minutes
Country| United Kingdom
Language| English
Budget| £121,093[1]

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

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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

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* 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

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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

## External links

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* Odongo at IMDb

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Films directed by John Gilling

* Escape from Broadmoor (1948)
* A Matter of Murder (1949)
* No Trace (1950)
* The Quiet Woman (1951)
* The Frightened Man  (1952)
* Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
* The Voice of Merrill  (1952)
* Deadly Nightshade (1953)
* Recoil (1953)
* Escape by Night (1953)
* Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
* Destination Milan (1954)
* Double Exposure (1954)
* The Embezzler (1954)
* The Gilded Cage (1955)
* Tiger by the Tail (1955)
* Odongo (1956)
* The Gamma People (1956)
* Interpol (1957)
* High Flight (1957)
* The Man Inside (1958)
* Idol on Parade (1959)
* The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
* The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
* The Challenge (1960)
* Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
* The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
* The Pirates of Blood River (1962)
* Panic (1963)
* The Scarlet Blade (1963)
* The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)
* The Night Caller (1965)
* Where the Bullets Fly (1966)
* The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
* The Reptile (1966)
* The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
* La cruz del diablo (1975)

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Films of Irving Allen

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* Forty Boys and a Song (1941) (documentary)
* Avalanche (1946)
* Strange Voyage (1946)
* Climbing the Matterhorn (1947) (documentary)
* High Conquest (1947)
* 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
* Chase of Death (1949) (short)
* The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950)
* Slaughter Trail (1951)
* The Return of Gilbert & Sullivan (1951) (short)

Producer
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* New Mexico (1951)
* The Red Beret (1953)
* Hell Below Zero (1954)
* The Black Knight (1954)
* A Prize of Gold (1955)
* The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
* Safari (1956)
* April in Portugal (1956) (short)
* Odongo (1956)
* Zarak (1956)
* The Gamma People (1956)
* Interpol/Pickup Alley (1957)
* Fire Down Below (1957)
* How to Murder a Rich Uncle (1957)
* The Long Haul (1957)
* High Flight (1957)
* A Day in Trinidad (1957) (short)
* No Time to Die/Tank Force (1958)
* The Man Inside (1958)
* Idol on Parade (1959)
* The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
* Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)
* Jazz Boat (1960)
* The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)
* In the Nick (1960)
* Johnny Nobody (1961)
* The Hellions (1961)
* The Long Ships (1964)
* Genghis Khan (1965)
* The Silencers (1966)
* Murderers' Row (1966)
* The Ambushers (1967)
* Hammerhead (1968)
* The Wrecking Crew (1968)
* The Desperados (1969)
* Cromwell (1970)
* Eyewitness (1970)
* Matt Helm' (1975)(TV series)

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