Word: mogambo
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Tucked away in a little world of bricks and books, we often forget that beneath all our sophistication we are little more than well-trained apes. Replete with a gigantic cast of animals, human and otherwise, Mogambo is an excellent antidote for an obsession with one's own uniqueness...
...Mogambo (MGM) is jampacked with Technicolor shots of such splendid animals as lions, leopards, gazelles and Ava Gardner. The curator of this photogenic zoo is Clark Gable, pictured as a tough, conscienceless "white hunter" who suffers a predictable attack of morality as the movie ends. Filmed in Africa, Mogambo borrowed its plot from the 21-year-old Red Dust (which also starred Gable, with the late Jean Harlow playing the Ava Gardner role). The dialogue seems to date back to an even earlier era than the original film...