Mogambo (1953)

Director:

John Ford

Writers:

Wilson Collison (play)
John Lee Mahin (screenplay)

Release Date:

9 octubre 1953 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Adventure | Romance

Frase comercial:

Actually filmed by M-G-M on safari...amid authentic scenes of unrivalled savagery and awe-inspiring splendor!

Plot:

Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Shot In The Arm | Leopard | Elephant | Infidelity

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

African Adventure

Cast

Clark Gable	...	Victor Marswell
Ava Gardner	...	Honey Bear Kelly
Grace Kelly	...	Linda Nordley
Donald Sinden	...	Donald Nordley
Philip Stainton	...	John Brown-Pryce
Eric Pohlmann	...	Leon Boltchak
Laurence Naismith	...	Skipper
Denis O'Dea	...	Father Josef
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Asa Etula	...	Young native girl (uncredited)

Dirigida por
John Ford

Créditos del guión
Wilson Collison		(play)
John Lee Mahin		(screenplay)

Producida por
Sam Zimbalist	....	producer

Fotografía por
Robert Surtees		(director of photography)
Freddie Young		(director of photography) (as F.A. Young)

Montaje por
Frank Clarke

Dirección artística
Alfred Junge

Departamento de maquillaje
Colin Garde	....	makeup artist
Maude Onslow	....	hairdresser (as Maud Onslow)

Dirección de producción
Roy Parkinson	....	unit manager

Ayudante de dirección
Cecil F. Ford	....	assistant director (as Cecil Ford)
Wingate Smith	....	assistant director
John Pallatt	....	assistant director: gorilla footage (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Amy Fisher	....	sound recordist (as A.S. Fisher)
A.W. Watkins	....	recording director
Hugh Strain	....	sound assistant (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
Tom Howard	....	special effects
Bert Monk	....	special effects (uncredited)

Especialistas
Bunny Allen	....	stunt double: Clark Gable (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Cecil R. Cooney	....	camera operator (as Cecil Cooney)
Skeets Kelly	....	camera operator (as Graham Kelly)
Freddie Cooper	....	camera operator: gorilla footage (uncredited)
Stephen Dade	....	additional photographer (uncredited)
Jackson Drury	....	camera operator: gorilla footage (uncredited)
Kelvin Pike	....	clapper loader (uncredited)
Jack Whitehead	....	director of photography: gorilla footage (uncredited)
Doug Wolf	....	camera operator: gorilla footage (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helen Rose	....	costumes

Editorial Department
Joan Bridge	....	color consultant: Technicolor

Otros miembros del equipo
Angela Martelli	....	continuity
Bunny Allen	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Yakima Canutt	....	director: gorilla footage (uncredited)
Eva Monley	....	production coordinator (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1953) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (1980) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1954) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Bahaya Tribe of Tanganyika  group cast members
• Government Officials of Kenya Colony  grateful cooperation
• Government Officials of Tanganyika  grateful cooperation
• Government Officials of The Republic of French Equatorial Africa  grateful cooperation
• Government Officials of The Ugandan Protectorate  grateful cooperation
• M'Beti Tribe of French Equatorial Africa  group cast members
• Samburu Tribe of Kenya Colony  group cast members
• Wagenia Tribe of Belgian Congo  group cast members

También conocida como:

Mogambo (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

115 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Clasificación:

West Germany:12 (f) | Argentina:Atp | UK:U | USA:Approved (PCA #16530) | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Congo

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivialidades:

Clark Gable did not get along with director John Ford during filming, and at one point walked off the set in protest at Ford's treatment of Ava Gardner. Ford also made several remarks about Gable's age and weathered appearance.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: After Victor rescues Mrs Nordley when she wanders off, a sudden storm blows in. But only the trees and bushes near the actors are blown about by the 'storm', the trees visible a short distance behind them are completely calm.

Quotes:

Eloise Kelly: Look, Buster, don't you get overstimulated with me!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Large Marge (#14.4)" (2002)

Soundtrack:

COMIN' THROUGH THE RYE

African Adventure

I love Mogambo, the cinematography is breathtaking, filmed in luscious technicolor and some of the characters are equally as colorful. The cast is headed by Clark Gable, who plays tough trapper Victor Marswell. Joining him is Ava Gardner, on fantastic form as fun-loving Eloise Kelly and her rival for Marswell's affections is Grace Kelly as Linda Nordley, a repressed anthropologist's wife. The banter between Gardner and Gable is superb and there is a chance to see a good performance from Kelly before she became known as Hitchcock's glamorous leading lady. Highly recommended!