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Killers of Kilimanjaro (Original title)Adamson of Africa (Alternative title)
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 02 November 1959 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Richard Thorpe

Synopsis: Deals with the mission of an engineer who has to build a railway in the African jungles aftet two of his colleagues have gone missing.

Genres:
Crime, Drama

Subjects:
Mombasa, Rail companies, Slavery, East Africa
Releases
Date: 02 November 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 91 mins Length: 8195 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (37)
©: Warwick Film Productions Ltd., Presented by: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Executive Producer: Irving Allen, Albert R. Broccoli, Produced by: John R. Sloan, Production Manager: John Workman, Production Supervisor: Fred Gunn, Location Manager: Eva Monley, Assistant Director: Ted Sturgis, Continuity: Eileen Head, Casting: James Liggat, Screenplay by: John Gilling, [Screenplay]: Earl Felton, Screen Story: Richard Maibaum, Cyril Hume, From the book 'African Bush Adventures' by: J. A. Hunter, Dan P. Mannix, Cinemascope by: Ted Moore, Camera Operator: E. Day, Camera Operator: G. Gemmell, Special Effects: Cliff Richardson, Film Editor: Geoffrey Foot, Art Director: Ray Simm, Wardrobe Supervisor: Elsa Fennell, Make-up: Paul Rabiger, Hairdresser: Bobby Smith, Main Title Backgrounds: Giselle Rocco, Music Composed by: William Alwyn, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Recordist: Bert Ross, [Sound]: Westrex, Sound Mixer`: Wally Milner, Sound Editor: Alan Pattillo, [Unit Publicist]: Edward Jarratt, Catherine O'Brien, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast (16)
Robert Taylor (Robert Adamson), Anthony Newley (Hooky), Anne Aubrey (Jane Carlton), Grégoire Aslan (Ben Ahmed), Allan Cuthbertson (Saxton), Martin Benson (Ali), Orlando Martins (chief), Donald Pleasence (captain), Martin Boddey (Gunther), Earl Cameron (witch doctor), Harry Baird (Boraga), Anthony Jacobs (Mustaph), John Dimech (Pasha), Joyce Blair ([hotel slave girl - scenes deleted]), Barbara Joyce, Christine Pockett ([slave girl - scenes deleted])