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Mogambo

Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden.

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On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Released: 1953-09-23116 minDir: John FordAdventure, Drama, Romance

Cast

Clark Gable as Victor Marswell
Ava Gardner as Eloise Y. Kelly
Grace Kelly as Linda Nordley
Donald Sinden as Donald Nordley
Philip Stainton as John Brown-Pryce
Eric Pohlmann as Leon Boltchak

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Key facts

Film.name: Mogambo
Film.image: Mogambo.jpg
Film.caption: Original movie poster
Film.director: John Ford
Film.producer: Sam Zimbalist
Film.screenplay: John Lee Mahin
Film.starring: Clark GableAva GardnerGrace Kelly
Film.music: Robert Burns
Film.cinematography: Robert SurteesFreddie Young
Film.editing: Frank Clarke
Film.studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Film.distributor: Loew's, Inc.
Film.runtime: 115 minutes

Key dates

Published: 1 January 1953

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Award: National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Genre: adventure film
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Original language: English language
Director: John Ford
Cast member: Philip Stainton
Composer: Robert Burns
Producer: Sam Zimbalist
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Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden.

It was shot on location in colonial British East Africa, Tanganyika, Uganda Protectorate, and French Congo, with a musical soundtrack consisting almost entirely of traditional music recorded in Congo.