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The Last Lion (1972)

The Last Lion poster
Directed by
Elmo de Witt
Genre
action film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a 1970s action film set in South Africa. A man finds himself facing dangerous situations. The story involves a lion and was written by novelist Wilbur Smith.

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What happens

The Last Lion is a 1972 South African action film directed by Elmo De Witt and starring Jack Hawkins, Karen Spies and Dawid Van Der Walt. The screenplay was written by Wilbur Smith, one of his rare original screenplays. He used a similar story later on in his novel A Time to Die. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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