Tanganyika (film)

Tanganyika

Directed by Andre deToth
Produced by Albert J. Cohen
Screenplay by William Sackheim
and Richard Alan Simmons
Based on story by William R. Cox
Starring Van Heflin
Ruth Roman
Howard Duff
Music by Joseph Gershenson
(musical direction)
Cinematography Maury Gertsman A. S. C.
Edited by Al Clark, A.C.E.
Production
company
Distributed by Universal International
Release dates
  • July 3, 1954 (1954-07-03)
Running time
91 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Tanganyika is a 1954 American action adventure film directed by Andre deToth, and starring Van Heflin, Ruth Roman and Howard Duff.[1][2]

Plot synopsis

"Territory of East Africa 1903". In the British colonial region adjoining German East Africa (a portion of which was referenced as Tanganyika), tough American colonist John Gale (Van Heflin) is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken (Jeff Morrow), who is stirring up the (fictional) Nukombi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings.[3]

En route, he picks up four survivors of a Nukombi raid: Dan Harder (Howard Duff), former teacher Peggy (Ruth Roman), 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 Nukombi are lying in wait and, eventually, Gale and McCracken meet in man-to-man combat.[4]

Cast

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