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Mister Moses (1965)

Mister Moses poster
Directed by
Ronald Neame
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A con man gets forced into helping a whole African village move to a safer place. He uses his tricks to convince the villagers to leave their home.

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What happens

Mister Moses is a 1965 American adventure film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Robert Mitchum and Carroll Baker. It was written by Charles Beaumont and Monja Danischewsky based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Max Catto. It was filmed on location in Kenya, at Lake Naivasha and the Amboseli National Park. A con man is blackmailed into persuading an entire African village into relocating for their own safety. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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