Mogambo (1953)

A globe trotting playgirl (Ava Gardner in an Oscar nominated performance) arrives at a remote African outpost only to find that the Maharajah she was supposed to meet there has flown the coop. She begins an antagonistic relationship with a big game hunter and safari guide (Clark Gable) but it's clear the two are mutually attracted to each other. Enter an anthropologist (Donald Sinden) and his beautiful wife (Grace Kelly) and an uneasy love triangle ensues. Based on the play RED DUST by Wilson Collison (previously filmed in 1932) and directed by John Ford. In a rare case of an actor playing the same role in a remake of a movie he had previously starred in, Gable returns some 20 years later. Shot entirely in Equatorial Africa, the film is enjoyable for the most part mostly due to Ava Gardner. Livelier than usual, she takes over the Jean Harlow part with sass and vinegar and as long as she's on screen, it's amiable fun. The Gable/Kelly romance is a bit of a drag but there's always some exotic animal or native village to animate the movie. With Philip Stainton, Eric Pohlmann and Laurence Naismith.