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(1954, Anamorphic Widescreen) Robert Urquhart, John Bentley, Susan Stephen, Alan Tarlton, Howarth Wood, Morea Soutter. Two brothers lead settlers into perilous jungle country. Their primary purpose is to find an ancient elephant lair, which—hopefully—will be rich with ivory. The good brother falls for the heroine, while the bad brother is guided by greed and too much booze. There are some terrific encounters and battles with various jungle beasts, all of which appear to have been shot on location in Kenya, with no use of animal stock footage. This gives the film a distinctly authentic flavor. There’s a really cool scene involving an actual python slithering across Susan Stephan’s neck! This is one of the earliest widescreen British films, now available in its original 1.66 format for the first time. Nice color, 35mm.
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