Tuesday, April 21, 2009

MISSING IN ACTION - DVDs - PART 1




SANDS OF THE KALAHARI
1965
Stuart Whitman, Stanley Baker, Susannah York, Harry Andrews
dir. Cy Enfield
dvd import
colour, widescreen
$19.95

Not available on vhs, dvd or even TCM, this British survival story from the director of Zulu, has virtually vanished from the cinematic radar. Six men and one woman survive their plane crash in the South African desert and wind up battling against the elements, each other, and a tribe of man-eating baboons.

Tough, sweaty, suspensful and a great entertainment on par with such similar fare as The Flight of the Phoenix (the original, not the pointless Dennis Quaid remake) and The Naked Prey.


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