Rampage (1963)

A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt, which tenses the situation as the other ... See full summary »

Director:

Phil Karlson

Writers:

Robert I. Holt (screenplay), Marguerite Roberts (screenplay),

Stars:

Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, Jack Hawkins

Cast

Cast overview:
Robert Mitchum	...	Harry Stanton
Elsa Martinelli	...	Anna
Jack Hawkins	...	Otto Abbot
Sabu	...	Talib
Cely Carillo	...	Chep
Émile Genest	...	Schelling (as Emile Genest)
Stefan Schnabel	...	Sakai Chief
David Cadiente	...	Baka

Storyline

A German zoo hires two hunters to catch a rare breed of panther in Malaysia. The girlfriend of one of the hunters accompanies them on their hunt, which tenses the situation as the other hunter becomes attracted to her.

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Plot Keywords:

tiger | big game | cat | boy | cage | 

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Genres:

Adventure

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 October 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bring sie lebend heim

Company Credits

Production Co:

Seven Arts Productions, Talbot Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Refinements in Love (1971)

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Soundtracks

"Rampage"
Lyrics by Mack David
Music by Elmer Bernstein

User Reviews

The Trapper And The Hunter

Rampage casts Robert Mitchum and Jack Hawkins as a trapper of wild game and a hunter of same respectively. They've been hired by the Berlin Zoo to bag some big cats for exhibition. Both of them see themselves as Hemingway like existential characters, each with a distinct philosophy about the profession they've chosen for themselves. Both have world wide reputations for what they do.

Probably it would all have been fine had not Hawkins introduced Mitchum to Elsa Martinelli his mistress who has been such since she was found in a burned out church during World War II as an adolescent. Hawkins did introduce her to the facts of life, but Elsa's been taking care of business on her own for a while, but she always comes back to Hawkins. A fling with Mitchum though has Hawkins going through the Othello thing without an Iago to stoke those green fires.

The trio is looking for special game, it is reported that there is an enchantress in the Malay jungle, a mixed breed of a tiger and a leopard. When we see the enchantress it looks like it has the bone structure and shape of a tiger, but the spots of a leopard. The Malay natives regard them as special.

I saw Rampage in the theater when it first came out and the jungle scenes are great, but the soap opera plot among the leads is strictly melodramatic. Still I think fans of the leading characters will like it.