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1941 hilft eine mysteriöse Ureinwohnerin aus Somalia den Briten im Kampf gegen die Nazis.1941 hilft eine mysteriöse Ureinwohnerin aus Somalia den Briten im Kampf gegen die Nazis.1941 hilft eine mysteriöse Ureinwohnerin aus Somalia den Briten im Kampf gegen die Nazis.
- Für 3 Oscars nominiert
- 1 Gewinn & 3 Nominierungen insgesamt
Cedric Hardwicke
- Bishop Coombes
- (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
William Broadus
- Village Headman
- (Nicht genannt)
Ivan Browning
- Signal Man
- (Nicht genannt)
Frank Clarke
- Pilot
- (Nicht genannt)
Frederick Clarke
- Ibrahim
- (Nicht genannt)
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I found SUNDOWN to be an enjoyable film. It seems sort of a cross between a jungle flick and a World War II espionage thriller, a kind of a TARZAN VRS THE NAZI'S. The story involves the British trying to prevent the Germans from secretly supplying the native Africans with weapons for a rebellion. Plenty of action and political incorrectness, plus Gene Tierney's ever so sexy overbite. Simply a must for Bruce Cabot fans everywhere.
A surprisingly efficient and startling adventure feature from Africa by Henry Hathaway for being so young and early - this is already Hathaway completely fledged, and it's a very colourful drama although in black and white. Gene Tierney, also very young and fresh, provides the romanticism with glowing colours, and George Sanders for once plays a very unusually honest and heroic role. It's a great adventure, and the cave scenes are gorgeously suggestive in both drama, invention and cinematography. The photo is stupendous, and although rather thin, brief and superficial, it must be deemed as a great film - on a small scale, but nevertheless.
"Sundown" (1941): Starring Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, and
here's why I like this movie in the "guilty pleasure" category: it also stars Gene Tierney, the most beautiful woman of the 1940's. (THEN come Dorothy Lamour, Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake, and others
) The video box reads: "A jungle woman
" (Tierney): well, there is NO JUNGLE or JUNGLE WOMAN in this movie, "
helps the British in defeating the attempts of the Nazis
" (there are NO Nazis in this movie), "
to take over and occupy the jungle!" (There is NO JUNGLE!). So, OTHER THAN THAT load of crap, there IS a DESERT, there is WWII for the British (not the U.S. yet), and there IS Pinup-olicious Gene Tierney. Another odd piece of junk is that "the main bad guy" is Dutch. IF you know anything about that war, the Dutch were Allies, folks, ALLIES. You know, hiding Ann Frank, etc.? Some of the photography is good, acting is average at best (and awful at times watch the actor's eyes (who plays the "bad guy") as he reads his lines left to right, left to right, left to right. Whatta shmo. If you've ever wondered what Gene Tierney's belly button looked like, THIS is your chance. She also has a nice, statuesque walk. Guilty pleasures arise and be proud!
On the wall of my foyer hangs a framed issue of "Life" magazine dated November 10, 1941. Its front cover features a B&W photo of an impossibly beautiful, 21-year-old Gene Tierney from her new motion picture, "Sundown." Well, needless to say, I have wanted to see this film for years, but every time it pops up on one of the local PBS stations here in NYC late at night, it always seems to be in a lousy-looking 16mm print. Thank goodness I waited for this supremely crisp-looking DVD to be released! "Sundown" turns out to be a pretty well done WW2 action movie, dealing with an English outpost in Kenya, those nasty Nazis supplying guns to the natives, and a young caravan trader (Tierney) who helps the Brits out. And what a cast we have here: Bruce Cabot, George Sanders, Harry Carey and Cedric Hardwicke are their usual fine selves, and (sneeze and you'll miss 'em) Woody Strode and Dorothy Dandridge add interesting support. But it is top-billed Tierney, here in her 5th film, who steals the show. Decked out in harem girl attire for most of the picture, she really is something to behold. In her 1979 autobiography "Self-Portrait," Tierney reveals that "Sundown"''s authentic-looking locales were actually filmed at Ship Rock Hill, New Mexico, and that she couldn't stand the hot weather and the reek of camels during the shoot. She also tells us that one of the camels tried to nip her on the derriere. Finally...a camel after my own heart!
I just saw this movie tonite on a "Classic Movies" presentation on TV, and was just delighted.
Set in 1940s Kenya, This is a good African adventure flick, with a tale that is tied in very well with the contemporary World War II backdrop to this 1941 production. In fact, there's a really wonderful scene, that I won't describe in detail (don't want to give anything away) in which an Italian from Abyssinia expresses passionately the global significance of what is transpiring in this isolated Kenyan outpost. From there we have a tale of intrigue, adventure playing itself out across exotic landscapes, dark caverns, and lovely lake-fronts. All in all, this movie has a strong Rider Haggard flavor. If you know and like Rider Haggard's stories, you'll probably like this movie.
Gene Tierney's top billing in this movie is a bit of an overstatement: Bruce Cabot is actually the star of the movie; with George Sanders in a strong supporting role. All are very good, though, with the Cabot-Sanders character conflict and collaboration carried off very well indeed. And Tierney is simply lovely, a delight to behold; and really a very fine actress indeed.
All in all, a good movie ... I'm grateful to have stumbled across it while channel surfing tonite ... !
Set in 1940s Kenya, This is a good African adventure flick, with a tale that is tied in very well with the contemporary World War II backdrop to this 1941 production. In fact, there's a really wonderful scene, that I won't describe in detail (don't want to give anything away) in which an Italian from Abyssinia expresses passionately the global significance of what is transpiring in this isolated Kenyan outpost. From there we have a tale of intrigue, adventure playing itself out across exotic landscapes, dark caverns, and lovely lake-fronts. All in all, this movie has a strong Rider Haggard flavor. If you know and like Rider Haggard's stories, you'll probably like this movie.
Gene Tierney's top billing in this movie is a bit of an overstatement: Bruce Cabot is actually the star of the movie; with George Sanders in a strong supporting role. All are very good, though, with the Cabot-Sanders character conflict and collaboration carried off very well indeed. And Tierney is simply lovely, a delight to behold; and really a very fine actress indeed.
All in all, a good movie ... I'm grateful to have stumbled across it while channel surfing tonite ... !
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- WissenswertesIn the beginning, while flying over Africa, the co-pilot points to a rock formation on the map called Rhino Rocks. The rock used for the picture is Shiprock in New Mexico.
- PatzerZia's caravan uses Bactrian camels (two humps) which are native to central Asia. The camels found in Northern Kenya and Somalia are dromedary camels.
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Lt. Rodney 'Roddy' Turner: Best part of the day, sundown. Nothing more to do in a place where there's nothing to do anyway.
- VerbindungenReferenced in Repeat Performance (1947)
- SoundtracksO God Our Help in Ages Past
(uncredited)
Words by Isaac Watts and music by William Croft
Sung in church at the London church service
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- Laufzeit1 Stunde 30 Minuten
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By what name was Waffenschmuggler von Kenya (1941) officially released in India in English?
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