Description
Original 1973 US 1 sheet, used, folded (69 x 104 cm)
Trader Horn is a 1973 Metrocolor film directed by Reza Badiyi and starring Rod Taylor as the African adventurer Trader Horn. It is a remake of the 1931 film, also released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
During World War I, Alfred Aloysius “Trader” Horn leads an expedition in search of a platinum mine in an unexplored region of Africa. The trio encounter warring natives, rhinos and lions. They travel through jungle, swamps, and desert. They are pursued by German soldiers wanting the platinum for the war effort and by a British officer hunting Horn as a traitor.
Cast
Rod Taylor as Alfred Aloysius “Trader” Horn
Anne Heywood as Nicole Mercer
Jean Sorel as Emil DuMond
Don Knight as Colonel Sinclair
Ed Bernard as Apague
Stack Pierce as Malugi
Erik Holland as Lt. Medford
Robert Miller Driscoll as Alfredo
Solomon Karriem as Red Sun
Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Orange Stripe
Willie Harris as Blue Star
Caro Kenyatta as Umbopa
Oliver Givens as Dancer
Curt Lowens as Schmidt
John Siegfried as German Officer
Production
The film was primarily shot on the backlot at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City, California. The script, set during the First World War ignores the plot of the 1931 film about the discovery of a white jungle queen. The new story is written to use colourised footage from the MGM films King Solomon’s Mines (1950), and Mogambo (1953). Rod Taylor felt, with the end of the Vietnam War, the time was right for old-fashioned hero movies to make a comeback
“The anti-hero image was stretched as far as it could go. I think people now want to see a good guy win out over the bad guys through intelligence, courage and strength – the traditional makeup of hero types.” — Rod Taylor
Rod Taylor performed his own stunt riding on a zebra in the picture, actually taming the animal in the process
Directed by Reza Badiyi
Produced by Lewis J. Rachmil
Written by Edward Harper, Ethelreda Lewis (novel), William W. Norton
Starring Rod Taylor, Anne Heywood, Jean Sorel
Music by Shelly Manne
Cinematography Ronald W. Browne
Edited by George Folsey, Jr.
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date: June 1973
Running time: 101 minutes
Country: United States
