"Peck...Bennett...Hemingway...only all three together could create this electric love story...with a vengeance!"

1947

1h 29m

6.2(13 votes)

Adventure

Drama

Overview

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

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Cast & Crew

12 members

Acting

Gregory Peck

Robert Wilson

Acting

Joan Bennett

Margaret Macomber

Acting

Robert Preston

Francis Macomber

Acting

Reginald Denny

Police Inspector

Acting

Jean Gillie

Aimee

Acting

Carl Harbord

Coroner

Acting

Frederick Worlock

Clerk

Acting

Vernon Downing

Reporter Logan

Acting

Darby Jones

Masai Warrior (uncredited)

Acting

Martin Wilkins

Bartender (uncredited)

Acting

Earl Smith

Kongoni

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Hassan Said

Abdullah (uncredited)

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