The Macomber Affair

"Peck...Bennett...Hemingway...only all three together could create this electric love story...with a vengeance!"

Aug 29 1947 Approved 1h 29m
Adventure

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Plot

Robert Wilson leads safaris on the Kenyan savanna. On this occasion, he takes Mr. and Mrs. Macomber out to hunt buffalo. The obnoxious ways of Margaret Macomber make the three of them get on each others nerves. During the hunt Francis Macomber is shot by his wife. An accident or an attempt to get rid of Francis?

Written by

Ernest Hemingway, Seymour Bennett, Frank Arnold

Directed by

Zoltan Korda

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Benedict Bogeaus Production

Languages

Kiswahili, English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
969
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA