Rhino! (1964)

A zoologist (Robert Culp) hires a big game hunter (Harry Guardino) to assist him in tracking down a herd of white rhinos. His intention is to capture a pair so he can save them from extinction. What he doesn't know is that the hunter is also a poacher who intends to capture the white rhinos for profit. Directed by producer Ivan Tors (CLARENCE THE CROSS EYED LION). This African action adventure benefits from being shot on location in South Africa but despite some violence and adult situations, it still comes across like a pilot for a TV series and indeed, two years later producer Tors produced just such a TV series called DAKTARI. Is there a more colorless actor than Robert Culp? His blandness lets the more charismatic Guardino's bad guy take center stage although his conversion to good guy comes way too swiftly to be convincing. If you want to see a superior film with a similar narrative, check out Howard Hawks' HATARI, a better movie in every way. With Shirley Eaton, Harry Makela and George Korelin.