Tanganyika is a 1954 American Technicolor action adventure film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Van Heflin, Ruth Roman and Howard Duff.[2][3] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Tanganyika
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed byAndre de Toth
Screenplay byWilliam Sackheim
Richard Alan Simmons
Story byWilliam R. Cox
Produced byAlbert J. Cohen
StarringVan Heflin
Ruth Roman
Howard Duff
CinematographyMaury Gertsman
Edited byAl Clark,
Music byJoseph Gershenson
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal International Pictures
Release date
  • July 3, 1954 (1954-07-03)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.3 million[1]

Plot

edit

"Territory of East Africa 1903". In the British colonial region adjoining German East Africa (a portion of which was referenced as Tanganyika), tough American colonist John Gale is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken, who is stirring up the (fictional) Nukumbi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings.[4]

En route, he picks up four survivors of a Nukumbi raid: Dan Harder, former teacher Peggy, and the two orphaned children of her brother who was killed in the raid. Harder is secretly McCracken's brother, while Gale's motives however have nothing to do with justice or even the charms of Peggy; he hopes to stake a claim on a valuable piece of land. The Nukumbi are lying in wait and, eventually, Gale and McCracken meet in man-to-man combat.[5]

Cast

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "1954 Box Office Champs". Variety Weekly. January 5, 1955. p. 59. - figures are rentals in the US and Canada
  2. ^ Posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika
  3. ^ Movieman. Tanganyika write-up and collection of lobby cards (Films of the Fifties, January 25, 2013)
  4. ^ Sculthorpe, Derek. Van Heflin: A Life in Film, pages 113–14. McFarland, 2016 ISBN 078649686X
  5. ^ Additional posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika
edit