Tanganyika (film)

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Tanganyika
Universal International Pictures
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]

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.

Plot

"Territory of

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

References

  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. ^ Additional posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika

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