SANDS OF THE KALAHARI – 1965
A small aircraft crashes in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. The survivors, Stanley Baker, Theodore Bikel, Harry Andrews, Nigel Davenport, Stuart Whitman and Susannah York gather what supplies they can and head off.
They manage to reach an outcropping of jagged rocks where they find a small spring. The spring is also home to a clan of baboons. Things soon turn to the primitive as the group worries about their long term survival. The chances of being found are on the slim to none side.
Stuart Whitman soon establishes himself as the alpha male, and starts to eliminate anything that might hinder his survival. First he wages war on the baboon colony, as they are in competition for the same limited food resources.
It is not long before he starts thinning out the human competition as well. This leads to violence and death for some of the other survivors.
I am so happy I finally managed to get my hands on a DVD copy. I first saw this on television in the early 70's and loved it. It was the talk of the schoolyard the next week. All the males were quite taken with the violence, and seeing Miss York running around with less than a full garment. The distaff side, was not so amused with the said violence, or the killing of the "cute" baboons.
Considering when this film was made, it is fairly nasty and violent. But it does hold up well, even today. If you are a fan of survival films, then I suggest that you give this one a look.
A small aircraft crashes in the middle of the Kalahari Desert. The survivors, Stanley Baker, Theodore Bikel, Harry Andrews, Nigel Davenport, Stuart Whitman and Susannah York gather what supplies they can and head off.
They manage to reach an outcropping of jagged rocks where they find a small spring. The spring is also home to a clan of baboons. Things soon turn to the primitive as the group worries about their long term survival. The chances of being found are on the slim to none side.
Stuart Whitman soon establishes himself as the alpha male, and starts to eliminate anything that might hinder his survival. First he wages war on the baboon colony, as they are in competition for the same limited food resources.
It is not long before he starts thinning out the human competition as well. This leads to violence and death for some of the other survivors.
I am so happy I finally managed to get my hands on a DVD copy. I first saw this on television in the early 70's and loved it. It was the talk of the schoolyard the next week. All the males were quite taken with the violence, and seeing Miss York running around with less than a full garment. The distaff side, was not so amused with the said violence, or the killing of the "cute" baboons.
Considering when this film was made, it is fairly nasty and violent. But it does hold up well, even today. If you are a fan of survival films, then I suggest that you give this one a look.