The Snows of Kilimanjaro

United States, 1952

Film
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A hunter lies wounded in Africa and while waiting for help looks back over his life and loves. Hollywood version of a portable Hemingway, with reminiscences of several novels stirred into a lush and sprawling mix of action and romance, open spaces and smart salons. A big popular star film of its time. Starring Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward and Ava Gardner.

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Credits

producer

Darryl F. Zanuck

production company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

director

Henry King

Duration

01:57:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1952

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300511

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - United States

Literature → American literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q683957

TMDB-Movie

4460

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