Tanganyika (film)

Tanganyika
Film poster by Reynold Brown
Directed by	Andre deToth
Produced by	Albert J. Cohen
Screenplay by	William Sackheim and Richard Alan Simmons
Based on	story by William R. Cox
Starring	Van Heflin Ruth Roman Howard Duff
Music by	Joseph Gershenson (musical direction)
Cinematography	Maury Gertsman A. S. C.
Edited by	Al Clark, A.C.E.
Production company	Universal International
Distributed by	Universal International
Release dates	July 3, 1954
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tanganyika is a 1954 American action adventure film directed by Andre deToth, and starring Van Heflin, Ruth Roman and Howard Duff.^[1][2]

Plot synopsis

"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 (Van Heflin) is leading a safari to bring in escaped murderer Abel McCracken (Jeff Morrow), who is stirring up the (fictional) Nukombi tribe and endangering Gale's holdings.^[3]

En route, he picks up four survivors of a Nukombi raid: Dan Harder (Howard Duff), former teacher Peggy (Ruth Roman), 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 Nukombi are lying in wait and, eventually, Gale and McCracken meet in man-to-man combat.^[4]

Cast

Van Heflin — John Gale Ruth Roman — Peggy Howard Duff — Dan Harder (McCracken)

Jeff Morrow — Abel McCracken Joe Comadore — Andolo Noreen Corcoran — Sally Gregory Marshall — Andy Naaman Brown — Nukombi prisoner Edward C. Short — Head porter

References

1. Posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika
2. Movieman. Tanganyika write-up and collection of lobby cards (Films of the Fifties, January 25, 2013)
3. Sculthorpe, Derek. Van Heflin: A Life in Film, pages 113–14. McFarland, 2016 ISBN 078649686X
4. Additional posters, lobby cards and film stills associated with Tanganyika

External links

• Tanganyika at the Internet Movie Database
• Tanganyika at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Tanganyika at the TCM Movie Database
• Tanganyika at AllMovie
• Tanganyika at TV Guide (1987 write-up was originally published in The Motion Picture Guide)