The Last Safari

The Last Safari is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars Kaz Garas and Stewart Granger.[2] It was based on the 1962 novel, Gilligan's Last Elephant by Gerald Hanley.

The Last Safari
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Written byJohn Gay
Based onGilligan's Last Elephant (novel)
by Gerald Hanley
Starring
CinematographyTed Moore
Edited byJohn Bloom
Music byJohn Dankworth
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • November 1967 (1967-11)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office297,680 admissions (France)
1,095,900 admissions (Spain)[1]

Plot

Miles Gilchrist (Stewart Granger) is a big game hunter in Africa. He goes on a safari to shoot an elephant who killed his friend. He is accompanied by Casey (Kaz Garas), an American millionaire intrigued by Gilchrist's story, and Grant (Gabriella Licudi), Casey's half-caste girlfriend.

Miles feels he is to blame for his friend's death, and has to redeem himself. He sees hunter Alec Beaumont (Liam Redmond) refusing to eat with Grant, an indication of how life is different in Africa. Casey and Miles help to save a group of white hunters ambushed in a Masai village.

Later, Miles and Casey are nearly killed by a herd of charging elephants, led by a rogue elephant. Casey refuses to fire knowing Miles also won't shoot, but is not afraid. Casey bids Miles farewell and leaves Africa and Grant, who stays behind in the hopes of finding a new benefactor.

Cast

Production

The Last Safari was the first of a four-picture deal between Hathaway and Paramount.[3] Kaz Garas was an actor under contract to Hal Wallis.[4]

The film involved five weeks location shooting in Kenya.[5][6] The corporate jet used in the film was a Learjet 23 leased from Busy Bee. It was painted in zebra stripes for use in the film.[7]

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called The Last Safari, "... a most satisfying film of its kind".[8]

Stewart Granger later called this "my last real film... the worst film ever made in Africa!"[9]

References

Notes
  1. "Box office information for Stewart Granger films in France." Box Office Story. Retrieved: 20 July 2016.
  2. "Review: 'The Last Safari'." AllMovie. Retrieved: 20 July 2016.
  3. Martin, B. "Harris joins 'caprice' cast." Los Angeles Times, 5 March 1966.
  4. Martin, B. "Movie call sheet." Los Angeles Times, 19 November 1966.
  5. Thomas, K. "Hathaway in mood to sound off." Los Angeles Times, 11 June 1966.
  6. Neely, D. "Hathaway fed up with hefty extras". Los Angeles Times, 16 January 1967.
  7. Børke, Rolf (27 December 1966). "Norske flyvere spiller film i Afrika med Stewart Granger som motpart". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  8. Thomas, K. "'The Last Safari' in multiple screenings." Los Angeles Times, 10 November 1967.
  9. MacFarlane 1997, p. 230.

Bibliography
  • MacFarlane, Brian. An Autobiography of British Cinema. London: Methuen, 1997. ISBN 978-0-8513-9562-3.
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