Description
Original 1953 US 1 sheet, used, folded twice as issued (69 x 104 cm)
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The Royal African Rifles is a 1953 Cinecolor First World War adventure film set in British East Africa but filmed on location in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Directed by Lesley Selander, it stars Louis Hayward, Veronica Hurst and Michael Pate. The film was the first production of Louis Hayward’s production company Associated Film Artists, Inc (AFA, Inc), but Hayward’s company made no other films. The working title was The Queen’s African Rifles. In reality there was never a military unit called “The Royal African Rifles”. The film was retitled Storm Over Africa in the United Kingdom.
Plot
In August 1914 a consignment of Vickers machine guns are stolen off a Royal Navy ship, HMS Marlin. An RN Lieutenant aboard the ship goes undercover as a white hunter through British East Africa to find the weapons before they get into the hands of the Germans and alter the balance of power in Africa.
Cast
Louis Hayward as Lt. James Denham RN
Veronica Hurst as Jennifer Cunningham
Michael Pate as Bill Cunningham
Steven Geray as Franz Van Stede
Angela Greene as Karen Van Stede
Roy Glenn as Cpl. John
Juanita Moore ad Elderly Woman
Robert Osterloh as Carney
Directed by Lesley Selander
Produced by Richard V. Heermance
Written by Daniel B. Ullman
Starring Louis Hayward, Veronica Hurst, Michael Pate
Music by Paul Dunlap
Distributed by Allied Artists Pictures
Release date: September 27, 1953
Running time: 75 min.
Country: United States
