Starring Robert Taylor, Anthony Newley, Anne Aubrey, Gregorie Aslan,
Allan Cuthbertson, Donald Pleasence
Directed by Richard Thorpe

Print: color
Runtime: 91 min.
Genre: adventure
Print Quality: B

The late Anthony Newley's star was already rising when he shared billing
just after Robert Taylor and before Anne Aubrey in this fast-paced
adventure story set in Africa. Adamson (Taylor) is an engineer in charge
of a project to set up a railroad track through East Africa, the first of its
kind — well, almost. A rival railway gang is around to give him trouble.
Aside from that kind of trouble, Adamson has to handle the convicts who
are working underneath him, hungry crocodiles, dangerous lions, rhinos,
and similar wild beasts, as well as Jane (Aubrey), a woman along for the
duration. His sidekick Hooky (Newley) is a stand-out with his high energy
brand of whimsy.