Amazon.com: Adventure yarns don’t come more ripping than King Solomon’s Mines, the classic Great White Hunter tale. Novelist H. Rider Haggard’s hero, Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), reluctantly agrees to lead an Englishwoman (Deborah Kerr) and her brother (Richard Carlson) deep into uncharted territory in Africa, in search of the lady’s lost husband. What follows is a cavalcade of boys’ adventure stuff: charging rhinos, cannibals, an incredible wildlife stampede, and the back-of-the-neck-tingly thrill of venturing into unmapped lands. The location shooting, including tribal rituals, is marvelous throughout, and the movie manages to pack a great deal of material into 102 minutes without ever seeming rushed. A remake of a 1937 film, King Solomon’s Mines was itself remade badly, with Richard Chamberlain, in 1985, and Quatermain was essayed by Sean Connery in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but purists will prefer Stewart Granger’s stalwart-yet-sardonic hero--his career never quite got over the role. --Robert Horton
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Rating: - King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines is truly one the best movies about Africa. The scenery is spectacular. The story seemed to be a never-ending confrontation with wild animals however it was interesting to see the
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Rating: - More Hollywood than Haggard, but still a terrific yarn
Written as a bet that he couldn't come up with a better adventure story than Treasure Island, H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has proved itself a hardy perennial over the years without ever getting ... Read More
Rating: - King Solomon's Mines
What can I say? It's a classic, and I love it. The stampede scene is worth the price all by itself.
Rating: - A Vehicle For Its Stars
Hollywood kept very little of author Sir H. Rider Haggard's plot in this version of his book. In actuality, so much is changed that the movie bears little resemblance to the original. For instance, Deborah ... Read More
Rating: - One of Greatest Dance Sequences Ever on Film!
I first saw this film when I was a boy and never, ever forget the Watusi warrior dances. It is one of the most beautiful dance sequences ever filmed. The drums, the outfits and the ecstatic joy of the dancers ... Read More
- King Solomon's Mines
- A Vehicle For Its Stars
- One of Greatest Dance Sequences Ever on Film!