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Escape from Angola (1976)

Escape from Angola poster
Directed by
Leslie H. Martinson
Genre
adventure, action, family
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of people work to capture and relocate rare animals from an African setting under real conditions. The story follows the efforts to move the animals to safer areas away from danger.

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What happens

Escape from Angola is a 1976 adventure film directed by Leslie H. Martinson. It stars Stan Brock and Anne Collings and was co-produced by Ivan Tors whose children act in the film with Ivan making a cameo appearance. According to the film all the animal catching scenes were filmed during actual conditions when the rare animals had to be rounded up and relocated in safer areas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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