Mogambo

"Flaming love found in the savage heart of the jungle!"

Oct 9 1953 Approved 1h 56m
Adventure, Drama, Romance

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.

Plot

Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, but eventually succeed.

Written by

John Lee Mahin, Wilson Collison

Directed by

John Ford

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 3 wins & 4 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
9,884
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA