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The Macomber Affair

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"Peck...Bennett...Hemingway...only all three together could create this electric love story...with a vengeance!"

Duration

1h 29m

Release

20 Apr 1947

Country

United States

Language

English

Overview

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Plot

In British East Africa, a fatal triangle develops involving a frustrated wife, a weak and cowardly husband, and an English big-game hunter who comes between the couple.

Cast

Gregory PeckJoan BennettRobert Preston

Ratings

Internet Movie Database: 6.6/10Rotten Tomatoes: 67%

Details

Director

Zoltan Korda

Writers

Ernest HemingwaySeymour BennettFrank Arnold
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