Africa--Texas Style!
Cast & Crew
Andrew Marton
Hugh O'brian
John Mills
Nigel Green
Tom Nardini
Adrienne Corri
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Howard Hayes, an English rancher in modern-day Kenya, believes that food can be provided for the starving Masai natives by the herding and domestication of wild game. To help prove his point, he imports two American cowboys, rodeo champion Jim Sinclair and his companion, John Henry, a Navajo Indian. Opposition to the plan comes from Karl Bekker, a cattle rancher who fears that disease from the wild animals may infect his prize cattle. Despite Bekker's interference, the efforts of the two cowboys prove successful; the wild animals quickly adapt to their confinement, and the prospect of breeding them in captivity becomes a reality. During his stay, Jim meets local doctor Hugo Copp, his attractive nurse Fay Carter, and Sampson, a native boy who dreams of going to school in the United States. On the eve of the cowboys' scheduled departure, Bekker opens the animals' pens and drives them into the wilderness. Jim sets out after them, but he is thrown from his horse and attacked by a charging rhinoceros. Sampson helps distract the beast until Jim can rope and tie it. Bekker makes a last attempt to frighten off the now-domesticated wild game, but he is arrested, and the animals return to their corrals. Jim decides to stay in Africa and marry Fay, and John Henry ends up driving the new school bus, with little Sampson as one of his passengers.
Director
Andrew Marton
Cast
Hugh O'brian
John Mills
Nigel Green
Tom Nardini
Adrienne Corri
Ronald Howard
Charles Malinda
Honey Wamala
Charles Hayes
Stephen Kikumu
Ali Twaha
Mohammed Abdullah
Hayley Mills
Crew
Malcolm Arnold
Paul Beeson
Thomas "knobby" Clark
Maurice Fowler
Harry Gillam
Betty Glasow
Tom Heathcoat
Irene Howard
John Jay
Eleanor Jones
Duncan Macphee
Andrew Marton
Ivo Nightingale
Derek Parr
John Pellatt
John Poyner
Henry Richardson
Doreen Soan
Ted Sturgis
Ivan Tors
Gerry Turner
Midge Warnes
Andy White
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in Kenya. Released in Great Britain in July 1967; running time: 105 min. The working title of this film is Cowboy in Africa.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 2, 1967
Released in United States Summer June 2, 1967
