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Director:
Ken Annakin
Writers:
Guy Elmes (writer)
Joy Packer (novel)
Release Date:
17 October 1958 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Africa Does Strange Things to a Woman...And to the Men Who Desire Her! more
Plot:
Brothers compete for a woman's affection while danger lurks at every turn in an African wild game park. | add synopsis
User Comments:
Pretty good, but.... more

Cast

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Joan Brickhill ... Harriet Carver
Michael Craig ... Rusty
Anna Gaylor ... Thea Boryslawski
Ben Heydenrych ... Sergeant Van Wyck
Doreen Hlantie ... Oasis
Alfred Kumalo ... Chief
Belinda Lee ... Alice Lang
Gordon MacPherson ... Tom

Patrick McGoohan ... Andrew Miller
Lionel Ngakane ... Nimrod
Ken Oelofse ... Jan

Eric Pohlmann ... Boryslawski
Pamela Stirling ... Mrs. Boryslawski
John Withers ... Sandy
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Elephant Gun (USA)
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Runtime:
USA:84 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

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The title "Nor the Moon by Night" comes from a passage in the Bible. "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." Psalm 121:6 more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Pretty good, but...., 18 February 2006
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Author: nappieb (nappieb@aol.com) from Vermont, USA

The REAL value of this movie is the location scenes of the Kruger National Park in 1958. The decade of the 1960s marked a period of transition for the Park and the 1970s saw the game reserve transformed into a modern day tourist mecca with all desired conveniences close at hand on site. Although not apparent at the time, the 1950s was to be the swan song of the authentic KNP experience.

As a result, this movie is well worth watching to see the old, original KNP... the one that existed for 70 years before the onslaught of mass tourism.

The movie itself is of interest for its fairly refreshing and realistic take on a plot simmering beneath the raw African sun.

The more imaginative reader might well draw parallels between "Nor the Moon by Night" and "Cabaret" (1972. Can't see the connection? Then (a) watch the movie again; (b) visit the Kruger National Park today!

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