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Watusi

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1959 | 85 min | Adventure

Weeknight Watchearly rating

Why it’s a Weeknight Watch

With soft box office and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
One for anyone with a bit of wanderlust. A good one for when you want to be swept off somewhere else.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Never drags, at 1 hr 25 min. Short enough for a weeknight.
What might put you off
Made in 1959: an older pace and style.

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.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $2 million worldwide on a $485K budget

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 11K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Kurt Neumann

  • George MontgomeryHarry Quartermain
  • Taina ElgErica Neuler
  • David FarrarRick Cobb
  • Dan SeymourMohamet
  • Robert GoodwinJim-Jim
  • Rex IngramUmbopa
  • Anthony M. DavisAmtaga
  • Paul ThompsonGagool
  • Harold DyrenforthWilhelm von Kentner
  • Charles SwainM'ban (uncredited)