Watusi

Watusi (1959)

Guardians of King Solomon's Mines!

Following WWI, fortune hunter Allen Quartermain's son Harry travels to Africa to search for King Solomon's mines. He dons a special medallion given by his father from the Watusi tribe, who guard the mines. Along the way, Harry and his friend Rick meet and take with them Erica, daughter of a missionary killed by a local tribe.

Date of release
1959-03-25
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Adventure
Director
Kurt Neumann
Collection
Quartermain Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: King Solomon's Mines

Watusi is a 1959 American adventure film, starring George Montgomery, Taina Elg, and David Farrar. Directed by Kurt Neumann, the film is a sequel to the 1950 film King Solomon's Mines. It was produced by Al Zimbalist and Donald Zimbalist. The screenplay was by James Clavell loosely based on the 1885 novel King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard.

Production

The film was originally known as Return to King Solomon's Mines and was the first movie produced for the studio by Al Zimbalist since he signed a contract with them. Director Kurt Neumann had just made The Fly (1958), which was written by James Clavell, Watusi's screenwriter. Taina Elg was under contract to MGM at the time and had just made Les Girls for them.

The film reuses some footage from a previous MGM adaptation of the novel, King Solomon's Mines (1950) starring Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger.

During filming, Irma Neumann, wife of director Kurt, died. A few weeks after filming completed, the director himself also died.

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