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King Solomon's Mines (1950) [VHS]
 
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King Solomon's Mines (1950) [VHS] (1950)

Starring: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger Director: Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett Rating: NR (Not Rated) Format: VHS Tape
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Deborah Kerr, Stewart Granger, Richard Carlson, Hugo Haas, Lowell Gilmore
  • Directors: Andrew Marton, Compton Bennett
  • Format: Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Rating: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: MGM (Warner)
  • VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (51 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6301971167
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,821 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Adventure yarns don’t come more ripping than King Solomon’s Mines, the classic Great White Hunter tale. Novelist H. Rider Haggard’s hero, Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), reluctantly agrees to lead an Englishwoman (Deborah Kerr) and her brother (Richard Carlson) deep into uncharted territory in Africa, in search of the lady’s lost husband. What follows is a cavalcade of boys’ adventure stuff: charging rhinos, cannibals, an incredible wildlife stampede, and the back-of-the-neck-tingly thrill of venturing into unmapped lands. The location shooting, including tribal rituals, is marvelous throughout, and the movie manages to pack a great deal of material into 102 minutes without ever seeming rushed. A remake of a 1937 film, King Solomon’s Mines was itself remade badly, with Richard Chamberlain, in 1985, and Quatermain was essayed by Sean Connery in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but purists will prefer Stewart Granger’s stalwart-yet-sardonic hero--his career never quite got over the role. --Robert Horton

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars My all-time favorite movie - but it's evidently been edited, July 9, 2003
I first saw this movie as a little girl and watched it on TV a couple more times over the years. It's absolutely the most thrilling, wonderful movie ever made. But WHAT HAPPENED??? There is at least one tribal dance that has just disappeared -- nowhere to be found in this video. There is one dance still left in the movie, near the end, that is also exciting, but the one I remember the most is where the natives do these incredible jumps and the most wonderful, amazing movements that were all synchronized and fascinating to watch. You could tell they were working themselves into a frenzy to attack the whites, and they were very hostile and truly frightening, so maybe that's not acceptable by today's standards. Did the PC police get to this tape? The VHS running time is 103 minutes. I wonder what the running time of the original film was. I would have given this 5 stars except for my awful disappointment about the omitting of the dancing. Does anyone know where I can get an uncut version? Also, why isn't there a DVD? Maybe there would be an explanation or even out-takes of the dancing.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning adventure movie., May 15, 2000
By AJ "AJ" (Delaware, USA) - See all my reviews
Even fifty years after its original release, King Solomon's Mines is still one of the best adventure movies ever. Featuring a talented cast and beautiful outdoor camerawork this movie is an often copied, but never surpassed forerunner of the Indiana Jones' style stories. Granger and Kerr make the most of their respective roles creating real live human beings instead of the usual cardboard action figures that the audience has come to expect in this sort of movie and the animal stampede scene, often replayed in later movies' makes for one of the greatest motionpicture events ever.
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the greatest Adventures of alltime!, March 9, 2005
By Daniel G. Madigan (Redmond, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King Solomon's Mines (DVD)
King Solomon's Mines features breathtaking photography of African wild life with the main stars in the actual locales. The stampede scene with Kerr and Granger left to their own devices along with the directors, is unbelievable in every sense.Nothing like it until the Buffalo stampede in the otherwise dismal How The West Was Won."
Kerr and Granger are great actors;they invest their roles with great faith in what they are doing,entirely missing in current films of the same genre.

The gorgeous Technicolor, the Watusi dances, later inspiring Bob Fosse, and the great Andrew Marton at the healm, directing with flair and wit and uncommon daring. No computer driven action scenes here.

I love the cynicism of the film, Quatermain's idea of life summed up for him in the games the natives play. And Deborah Kerr, stepping into every dangerous hole and crevice where terrible creatures lurk..excellent in every way.

Buy this and be amazed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What a GREAT movie!
At age 52, I have just watched King Solomon's Mines for the first time; Wow!, what a great movie-I loved it. I can't believe I had never seen it before. Read more
Published 4 months ago by R. Smith

5.0 out of 5 stars King Solomon's Mines
King Solomon's Mines is truly one the best movies about Africa. The scenery is spectacular. The story seemed to be a never-ending confrontation with wild animals however it was... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Vern E. Antry

5.0 out of 5 stars More Hollywood than Haggard, but still a terrific yarn
Written as a bet that he couldn't come up with a better adventure story than Treasure Island, H. Rider Haggard's King Solomon's Mines has proved itself a hardy perennial over the... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Trevor Willsmer

5.0 out of 5 stars King Solomon's Mines
What can I say? It's a classic, and I love it. The stampede scene is worth the price all by itself.
Published 12 months ago by Alice Duncan

3.0 out of 5 stars A Vehicle For Its Stars
Hollywood kept very little of author Sir H. Rider Haggard's plot in this version of his book. In actuality, so much is changed that the movie bears little resemblance to the... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Richard K. Radek

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Greatest Dance Sequences Ever on Film!
I first saw this film when I was a boy and never, ever forget the Watusi warrior dances. It is one of the most beautiful dance sequences ever filmed. Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. Liebert

4.0 out of 5 stars King Solomon's Mines
This version of the classic story by H. Rider Haggard has always been my favorite. Stewart Granger WAS Allan Quatermain and filming in Africa extended the illusion that this was... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Movie Fan

4.0 out of 5 stars Cinema for a Hot Summer Night!
Despite the perfectly silly, not to mention offensive, trailer (which certainly would not fly today), "King Solomon's Mines" remains an excellent adventure film that ought to be... Read more
Published on July 4, 2007 by F. S. L'hoir

5.0 out of 5 stars King Solomon's Mines
Shot on location in Africa, and featuring the winning team of Granger and Kerr, "Mines" is is a handsome, pounding adventure film with plenty of thrills and romance. Read more
Published on June 26, 2007 by John Farr

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice movie...
It is an older movie but still good and clean. Yes, there is an elephant killed in the first scene but it isn't that bad and there were no REAL elephants killed in this movie... Read more
Published on June 8, 2007 by Michelle Polk

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