Mogambo
1953 American romantic drama film · Released 1953
Mogambo is a 1953 Technicolor adventure/romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, and Grace Kelly, and featuring Donald Sinden. It was shot on location in colonial British East Africa, Tanganyika, Uganda Protectorate, and French Congo, with a musical soundtrack consisting almost entirely of traditional music recorded in Congo. The film was adapted by John Lee Mahin from the play Red Dust (1928) by Wilson Collison. It is considered a remake of the film Red Dust (1932), which was set in Vietnam and also starred Gable in the same role.
Cast ages at release (1953)
- Clark Gable, as Victor Marswell: 51–52
- Ava Gardner, as Eloise "Honey Bear" Kelly: 30–31
- Grace Kelly, as Linda Nordley: 23–24
- Donald Sinden, as Donald Nordley: 29–30
- Laurence Naismith, as Skipper: 44–45
- Denis O'Dea, as Father Josef: 47–48
- Eric Pohlmann, as Leon Boltchak: 39–40
- Philip Stainton, as John Brown-Pryce: 44–45