Tanganyika (film)

Tanganyika is a 1954 American Technicolor action adventure film directed by Andre de Toth and starring Van Heflin, Ruth Roman and Howard Duff.^[2][3] It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Tanganyika
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Andre de Toth
Screenplay by	William Sackheim Richard Alan Simmons
Story by	William R. Cox
Produced by	Albert J. Cohen
Starring	Van Heflin Ruth Roman Howard Duff
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman
Edited by	Al Clark,
Music by	Joseph Gershenson
Production company	Universal International Pictures
Distributed by	Universal International Pictures
Release date	July 3, 1954 (1954-07-03)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.3 million[1]

Plot

"Territory of East Africa 1903". In the British colonial region adjoining German East Africa (a portion of which was referenced as Tanganyika), tough American colonist John Gale is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken, who is stirring up the (fictional) Nukumbi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings.^[4]

En route, he picks up four survivors of a Nukumbi raid: Dan Harder, former teacher Peggy, and the two orphaned children of her brother who was killed in the raid. Harder is secretly McCracken's brother, while Gale's motives however have nothing to do with justice or even the charms of Peggy; he hopes to stake a claim on a valuable piece of land. The Nukumbi are lying in wait and, eventually, Gale and McCracken meet in man-to-man combat.^[5]

Cast

• Van Heflin as John Gale
• Ruth Roman as Peggy
• Howard Duff as Dan Harder McCracken
• Jeff Morrow as Abel McCracken
• Joe Comadore as Andolo
• Noreen Corcoran as Sally
• Gregory Marshall as Andy
• Naaman Brown as Nukumbi Prisoner
• Edward C. Short as Head Porter
• Murray Alper as Paul Duffy
• Jester Hairston as Singer