Sundown (1941)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Henry Hathaway

Writers:

Charles G. Booth (adaptation)
Barré Lyndon (screenplay)

Release Date:

31 October 1941 (USA)

Genre:

War | Drama

Plot:

Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.

Plot Keywords:

Africa | Rescue | Prisoner Of War | British Colonial | Plot

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars.

Cast

Gene Tierney	...	Zia
Bruce Cabot	...	William Crawford
George Sanders	...	Major A.L. Coombes
Harry Carey	...	Dewey
Joseph Calleia	...	Pallini
Reginald Gardiner	...	Lt. Roddy Turner
Carl Esmond	...	Jan Kuypens
Marc Lawrence	...	Abdi Hammud
Cedric Hardwicke	...	Bishop Coombes (as Sir Cedric Hardwicke)
Gilbert Emery	...	Ashburton
Jeni Le Gon	...	Miriami
Emmett Smith	...	Kipsang
Dorothy Dandridge	...	Kipsang's Bride

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Acoma Pueblo, Acoma, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Walter Wanger Productions

Trivia:

Debut of Woody Strode.

Good, 1940's Style Entertainment

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.