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Mogambo
Sign in to saveMogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden.
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6.4On 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.
Cast
- Clark Gable as Victor Marswell
- Ava Gardner as Eloise Y. Kelly
- Grace Kelly as Linda Nordley
- Donald Sinden as Donald Nordley
- Philip Stainton as John Brown-Pryce
- Eric Pohlmann as Leon Boltchak
Themes
- human vs nature
- gorilla
- safari
- man between two women
- sexual tension
- kenya
- tension
- african bush
- unhappy marriage
- big game hunter
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Mogambo
- Film.image
- Mogambo.jpg
- Film.caption
- Original movie poster
- Film.director
- John Ford
- Film.producer
- Sam Zimbalist
- Film.screenplay
- John Lee Mahin
- Film.starring
- Clark GableAva GardnerGrace Kelly
- Film.music
- Robert Burns
- Film.cinematography
- Robert SurteesFreddie Young
- Film.editing
- Frank Clarke
- Film.studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Film.distributor
- Loew's, Inc.
- Film.runtime
- 115 minutes
- Film.country
- United StatesUnited Kingdom
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $3.1 million
- Film.gross
- $8.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 887122
- Image
- Mogambo2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Mogambo (film)
- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- title
- Mogambo
- review score
- 75%
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11 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Development
- Casting
- Shooting
- Post-production
- Reception
- Awards and honors
- Notes
- External links
Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden.
It was shot on location in colonial British East Africa, Tanganyika, Uganda Protectorate, and French Congo, with a musical soundtrack consisting almost entirely of traditional music recorded in Congo.