Mogambo
Summary:
The 1953 Clark Gable film Mogambo is a remake of Gable's 1932 seriocomic adventure Red Dust. Where the earlier film was lensed on the MGM backlot, Mogambo was shot on location in Africa by director John Ford. Gable is safari leader Victor Marswell, who plays "host" to stranded Eloise Y. Kelly (Ava Gardner, who is no better than she ought to be but is j... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Clark Gable - (Victor Marswell)
Ava Gardner - (Eloise Y. Kelly)
Grace Kelly - (Linda Nordley)
Donald Sinden - (Donald Nordley)
Eric Pohlmann - (Leon Boltchak)
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Review:
The stars (and the scenery) are the thing in Mogambo, John Ford's somewhat lackluster remake of Red Dust. Forget about the script; it's not terrible, by any means, but it's also not particularly good, with dialogue that's incredibly uneven. More problematically, the romance and the adventure don't quite come together here, making the... Continue >>
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