The Bushbaby
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Trent
Margaret Brooks
Lou Gossett
Donald Houston
Laurence Naismith
Marne Maitland
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Jackie, daughter of widower John Leeds, an East African game warden, receives as a pet the small bushbaby Komba. As the Leedses board a ship to return to England, Jackie learns that she cannot take her pet. When she leaves the liner to restore the animal to its habitat, the ship departs without her. Jackie is found beside the dock by Tembo, the Leeds' black servant. She dissuades him from calling the police, preferring to visit a family friend. Upon arriving, however, they find his home deserted. Jackie's disappearance having been detected, the police assume her abduction by Tembo and launch a manhunt for the innocent black. The Hadj, a local ivory poacher fearing discovery during the police investigation, commands his minions to kill Tembo. Overtaken by the henchmen, Jackie is accidentally wounded by a poisoned arrow and sinks into a coma. The fugitives, however, are found by Professor Crankshaw, who gives Jackie an antidote. Unwilling to risk her life in the professor's ancient airplane, Tembo takes Jackie to the land of Masai. When the police locate the pair in a hut, they plan Tembo's execution. Although Tembo is wounded by their bullets, Leeds arrives in time to save the black from further harm.
Director
John Trent
Cast
Margaret Brooks
Lou Gossett
Donald Houston
Laurence Naismith
Marne Maitland
Geoffrey Bayldon
Jack Gwillim
Noel Howlett
Charles Hyatt
Tommy Ansah
Jumoke Debayo
Harold Goodwin
Willy Jonah
Simon Lack
Victor Maddern
Illario Pedro
Martin Wyldeck
Sid Hunt
Mohinder Singh
Johan Mkopi
Kisesa Mayega
Crew
Sabine Baring-gould
Dennis Bertera
Davis Boulton
Grahame Dangerfield
Susie Hill
Roger Magwaza
Philip Martell
Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Stan Mestel
Stella Morris
Raymond Poulton
Les Reed
Arthur Ridout
Tom Sachs
Jack Shampan
William H. Stevenson
Sir Arthur Sullivan
John Trent
Gerry Turner
A. W. Watkins
Jake Wright
Joanna Wright
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Exterior scenes filmed in Tanzania; working title: The Bushbabies. Produced with the cooperation the Tanzanian government.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall November 1970
Released in United States Fall November 1970
