Robert Mitchum and Jack Hawkins are tasked with bringing big cats - tigers and a panther - back from Malaysia to Berlin. In the company of Elsa Martinelli, Hawkins' young protégé and lover. Hawkins' behaviour becomes erratic and hostile as Martinelli's attraction to Mitchum grows.
The attractive and colourful location work (with Hawaii standing in for Malaysia), the hunting sequences, Elmer Bernstein's score, and solid performances from the three principals all add up to a film which would have been a successful movie back in 1963, displaying good production values if somewhat soapy in its central eternal triangle story. It all seems a bit dated now, though.
Incidentally, for those people who refer to this movie being located in Africa, please note that there are no tigers in Africa.
The attractive and colourful location work (with Hawaii standing in for Malaysia), the hunting sequences, Elmer Bernstein's score, and solid performances from the three principals all add up to a film which would have been a successful movie back in 1963, displaying good production values if somewhat soapy in its central eternal triangle story. It all seems a bit dated now, though.
Incidentally, for those people who refer to this movie being located in Africa, please note that there are no tigers in Africa.