Popcorn bob hope call me bwana united artists up 1023 uk 1963 safari jungle dancer film theme duration. Liomel jeffries, anita ekberg, edie adams are all wasted in unforgettalbe roles. As a film, call me bwana appears to have been fully conceived during. Wikimedia commons has media related to films of the united states, 1963. Matt merriwether hope is a new york writer who has passed off his uncles memoirs of explorations as a great white hunter in africa as his own. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. The trouble really begins when they find themselves joined. Call me bwana 1963 letterboxd social film discovery. Watch call me bwana full movie in hd visit a returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in africa where a litt. Watch call me bwana movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Call me bwana featuring bob hope and anita ekberg is streaming on epix. With bob hope, anita ekberg, edie adams, lionel jeffries.
A returning moon capsule with vital information goes offcourse and lands in africa, where the littleknown ekele tribesmen find it. Bob hope and anita ekberg are starring, alongside edie adams, lionel jeffries, arnold palmer and percy herbert. Call me bwana movie news and cast updates tv guide. Call me bwana 1963 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and.
Call me bwana is plugged in eon productions 1963 bond film from russia with love during a sequence where ali kerim bey assassinates the russian agent krilencu with a sniper rifle. I tried to get the lyrics right, but again, could not find them on the net. In this cornball bob hope vehicle, an african explorer teams up with a cia agent to find a space capsule that has crashed in the. This was the same shadow that was found over joan crawfords neck. In most films, hope can be seen moving slightly out of the shadows range. Call me bwana 1963 gordon douglas related allmovie. This was the only nonjames bond film produced by eon productions, which explains the presence of so many bond veterans in the cast and crew, not to mention the presence of bwana s poster in a key scene in from russia with love. Call me bwana manufactured on demand, widescreen, mono sound on. Call me bwana 1963 scratchpad fandom powered by wikia. Buy call me bwana dvd manufactured on demand, widescreen, mono sound at. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Filmography for anita ekberg turner classic movies. Lionel jeffries granddaughter is the novelist and playwright amy mason. Call me bwana 1963 directed by gordon douglas genres action, comedy, spy film subgenres adventure comedy release date apr 4, 1963 usa unknown run time 103 min.
Laugh along with this breezy comedy as bob hope heads for the african jungle where he finds himself on an outrageous safari with elephants, hippos, and. The year 1963 in film involved some significant events. Which was no coincidence since call me bwana was among the few nonjames bond films cubby broccoli and harry saltzman produced through their company eon. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Washington sends matthew merriwether to recover it, thinking he is an expert on the region, when in fact he is no such thing. In this cornball bob hope vehicle, an african explorer teams up with a cia agent to find a space capsule that has crashed in the congo. Call me bwana wikimili, the free encyclopedia wikimili, the free encyclopedia.
His name is mentioned before the ending titles in the film the first men in the moon, released in 2010. Krilencu attempts to escape through a window, which is situated in anita ekbergs mouth, on the wallsized poster. Typical hope corn, this film is set in darkest africa where ol ski nose is trying to. Not rated 1h 33min comedy 14 june 1963 usa call me. This is eon productions by bond filmmaker albert broccoli made a female james bond 007 spysafari comedy. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. Largely set in africa, it is the only film made by eon productions not about the fictional mi6 agent james bond and was made by most of the same crew as dr. In it, the united states government sends famed anthropologist and expert on africa, matthew merriweather hope, deep into the african jungle to retrieve a valuable moon probe that has gone off course and crashed. Watch call me bwana full movie in hd visit movie 108003 a returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in africa where a litt. February 20 the classic epic western how the west was won premieres. A moon capsule containing important information accidentally lands in the possession of a remote african tribe, and the american government sends matt.
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Staring edie adams, anita ekberg, lionel jeffries and bob hope. Yosemite sam 19451963 speedy gonzales 19531968 births. As a film, call me bwana appears to have been fully conceived during postproduction. Overview of call me bwana, 1963, directed by gordon douglas, with bob hope, anita ekberg, edie adams, at turner classic movies. Washington orders african expert, matthew merriwether an utter fraud and authority only on feminine pulchritude to go find it. Largely set in africa, it is one of three films made by eon productions not about the fictional mi6 agent james bond and was made by. Merriwether assumes this ruse to the point of living in a manhattan apartment furnished to look like an african safari lodge complete with sound effects. Further, soon after its release, a billboard for call me bwana was central to a pivotal, amusing scene in from russia with love. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of call me bwana with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Each of the detailed ratings you select will result in a cumulative score for this film. Studio shop arrow video tcm studio shop shout factory. Call me bwana 1963 full movie download full hd youtube. There are two main problems with this film, which has glimmers of, well, not greatness, but at least adequacy.
This was the only nonjames bond film produced by eon productions, which explains the presence of so many bond veterans in the cast and crew, not to mention the presence of bwanas poster in a key scene in from russia with love. Call me bwana is a 1963 british farce film starring bob hope and anita ekberg, and directed by gordon douglas. Watch call me bwana full movie in hd visit movie 108003 a returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in africa where a littl. Popcorn bob hope call me bwana united artists up 1023. Call me bwana is a film directed by gordon douglas with bob hope, anita ekberg. Call me bwana project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. If this late era bob hope comedy is remembered at all it is because a billboard for the film features in a key scene in from russia with love 1963. The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the bigbudget epic cleopatra, alfred hitchcock s horror the birds, and two films with allstar casts, how the west was won and its a mad, mad, mad, mad world. Call me bwana 1963, a film by gordon douglas theiapolis. But once they reach their destination they find that the tribe believe the. Call me bwana is a 1963 british technicolor farce film starring bob hope and anita ekberg, and directed by gordon douglas largely set in africa, it is the first film made by eon productions not about the fictional mi6 agent james bond and was made by most of the same crew as dr. Its a comedy movie with a less than average imdb audience rating of 5. Call me bwana 1963 gordon douglas synopsis, characteristics. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.