Bwana Devil is a movie directed by Arch Oboler in 1952 and based on the book The Man-Eaters of Tsavo by John Henry Patterson, first published in 1907. The movie features Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce, Ramsay Hill, Paul McVey, Hope Miller, and others.
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Storyline
In the early 20th century, thousands of workers are building the Uganda Railway, Africa’s first railroad, and intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. A pair of man-eating lions are on the loose and completely disrupt the undertaking. Two men in charge of the mission desperately attempts to overcome the situation, but the slaughter continues.
Movie vs Book
Year
1952
Minutes
79
Movie Rate
4.70
Source: IMDb
Year
1907
Pages
384
Book Rate
7.86
S: Goodreads
Book
The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
Author: John Henry Patterson
Country: UK
First published in: 1907
Length: 384 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
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Movie by Stephen Hopkins
Movie by Darrell Roodt
Movie by Eric Millot
User polls & recommendations
“I liked the film very much but I found working on it incredibly stressful; I would probably not adapt my own work again - you need to have distance from the book.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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