Underplayed Gems

Bwana Devil (1952)

Bwana Devil poster
Directed by
Arch Oboler
Genre
action film, horror film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A 1950s adventure film about real-life man-eating lions in Tsavo. The story follows a railway crew facing deadly attacks in the African wilderness.

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What happens

Bwana Devil is a 1952 American adventure film written, produced and directed by Arch Oboler and starring Robert Stack, Barbara Britton and Nigel Bruce. The film dramatizes the true story of the Tsavo maneaters and was filmed with the Natural Vision 3D system. The film is notable for sparking the first 3D film craze in the American film industry. It is the first feature-length 3D film in color and the first 3D sound feature in English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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