Call Me Bwana

Starring: Hope, Bob and Ekberg, Anita

Laugh along with this breezy comedy as Bob Hope heads for the African Jungle where he finds himself on an outrageous safari with elephants, hippos, and...spies? Co-stars Anita Ekberg and Edie Adams.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883904243656
• Release Date: July 2011
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Allied Vaughn
• Director: Douglas, Gordon
• Starring: Hope, Bob, Ekberg, Anita
• Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

First came Allan Quatermain (King Solomon’s Mines), now Bwana

A U.S. Capsule has returned from the moon and inadvertently landed in Africa. Naturally, the president only wants the most knowledgeable and brave explorer to retrieve it before others claim salvage rights, Matthew Merriweather (Bob Hope). The other leader, banging a shoe on the table, also wants the capsule and sends a noted anthropologist (Anita Ekberg) to use Merriweather to obtain the prize. In reality, Matthew has never been to Africa. His book is a rehash of his uncle's adventures. You get the idea: A beautiful woman, rough elephants, wild natives, and Arnold Palmer. Gordon Douglas also directed "Them!” (1954), so he is no stranger to wild creatures. And from the rich background of the driving scenes, you would never guess that it was filmed in Pinewood Studios.