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 enlarge | Directors: Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett
Actors: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Category: Video
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 9639
Format: Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6301971167
UPC: 027616041333
EAN: 9786301971164
ASIN: 6301971167
Theatrical Release Date: November 24, 1950
Release Date: September 1, 1998
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 King Solomon's Mines August 24, 2007
Movie Fan (Monterey Bay, USA)
This version of the classic story by H. Rider Haggard has always been my favorite. Stewart Granger WAS Allan Quatermain and filming in Africa extended the illusion that this was more 'authentic' then the other versions filmed. Still a fun film to watch
 Original movie July 17, 2007
Sanja Storm Tuxen (Denmark)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Entirely filmed in Africa, this genial movie impresses not only with the acting, but also the fabulous shots of the wildlife. Because of the age of the movie, it is so very impressing so see close shots of elephants, lions, zebras, monkeys ect. You can really see the hardships of the actors who - as their roles - had to endure bugs, heat and so on. Really a very original and most interesting film. Will appeal to nature lovers, people who like adventuremovies, and people who are interested ind historical movies.
Cinema for a Hot Summer Night! July 4, 2007
F. S. L'hoir (Irvine, CA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Despite the perfectly silly, not to mention offensive, trailer (which certainly would not fly today), "King Solomon's Mines" remains an excellent adventure film that ought to be digitally remastered (with original scenes restored), so we could see the splendid tribal dances and the magnificent footage of animals in the wild in the film's pristine color. I first saw this film on the big screen as a kid, and it spurred me on to read all the Allan Quatermaine adventure novels. The movie, which necessarily omits various characters and episodes, did not spoil my reading experience one whit. In fact, it allowed me to picture those incredibly beautiful landscapes of Kenya, Tanganyika (as it was then called), and the Congo as I read on to the end.
That said, I must now comment on some flaws. One can be attributed, perhaps, to loss of some of the footage: The Watusi dance was not only twice as long, but it was also the high point of the film. The lack of the original dance footage makes the ending seem abrupt. The other, in hindsight, can certainly be attributed to lack of judgment on the part of the Big Studio Moguls, for whom Big Names as well as Bucks meant more than continuity in casting and production values. These imperfections bothered me then, and they bother me now. The first point is a minor but nevertheless evident one: Richard Carlson's American accent. It is hard to believe that he is the brother of Deborah Kerr, whose English diction is so pure. Furthermore, Stewart Grainger's genuine English does not help make Carlson's character any more believable. The next point probably bothers no one but a persnickety purist such as myself, but when Deborah Kerr finally shears off her long Victorian locks, they are transformed into an elegant 1950s Audrey Hepburn-Roman-Holiday-like perm that remains bouncy no matter how humid the jungle, how dry the desert! Even though the directors do give verisimilitude a nod when she gets dunked into the underground stream, the "girl with the fire hair," as the film-trailer blared, emerges with every red-gold ringlet in tact (I wish I knew her secret----or her hairdresser!).
This film, which is recommended for the entire family, deserves to be re-issued in a remastered version. The movie contains none of the inappropriate nonsense of the trailer. In the meantime, following Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr----okay, even Richard Carlson!---vicariously on an 1897 Safari through the lush rainforests, the golden savannahs, the silver deserts and green hills of a good portion of Africa is an excellent way to spend a summer evening.
King Solomon's Mines June 26, 2007
John Farr
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Shot on location in Africa, and featuring the winning team of Granger and Kerr, "Mines" is is a handsome, pounding adventure film with plenty of thrills and romance. Thanks to spectacular camerawork by Oscar winner Robert Surtees, the movie is indispensable purely on a visual level, but Granger and Kerr emit powerful screen chemistry too, which makes the epic journey- including snakes, spiders, lions, rhinos, and assorted African tribes-that much more exhilarating.
Nice movie... June 8, 2007
Michelle Polk (Mississippi, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It is an older movie but still good and clean. Yes, there is an elephant killed in the first scene but it isn't that bad and there were no REAL elephants killed in this movie.
A woman and her brother seek Allan Quartermaine's help in finding her lost husband.
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