King Solomon's Mines (1950)

Set in 1897 Africa, an experienced guide and hunter (Stewart Granger) reluctantly agrees to take a woman (Deborah Kerr) and her brother (Richard Carlson) deep into the unexplored African interior to look for her husband who has disappeared while attempting to find the legendary King Solomon's Mines. Based on the 1885 novel by H. Rider Haggard and directed by Compton Bennett and Andrew Marton. This spectacular adventure is the second film version of the novel (the first was in 1937) and at least three more have been made since. A huge hit in its original release, it even received a best picture Oscar nomination. Visually, it's impressive and authentic as it was filmed in Africa (Tanganyika, Uganda, Kenya, the Belgian Congo) so we get the real thing, not studio sound stages or projected backdrops and Robert Surtees (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW) Oscar winning cinematography makes full use of the picturesque locations. A grand adventure and one that allows the indigenous natives their dignity rather than being portrayed in stereotypes. With Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore and Siriaque.