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Release Date: 1959 Cast: Victor Mature, Marcia Henderson, Paul Wexler, John Dehner, James Foxx, George Dolenz, Yvonne De Carlo, Robert Clarke
Categories: Movies, Action/Adventure, Action, Adventure Timbuktu is a 1959 U.S. black-and-white adventure film set in Timbuktu (Africa) but filmed in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kanab, Utah. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur in 1958.
In 1956 producer Edward Small originally registered several titles for the film, including: East of Timbuktu, West of Timbuktu, North of Timbuktu, South of Timbuktu (a technique of titling films that William Witney described as "boxing the compass"), The Road to Timbuktu, and Timbuktu Theme. However, he eventually settled on just the plain title "Timbuktu". Edward Small felt so embarrassed by the film... MORE
Timbuktu is a 1959 U.S. black-and-white adventure film set in Timbuktu (Africa) but filmed in the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park in Kanab, Utah. It was directed by Jacques Tourneur in 1958.
In 1956 producer Edward Small originally registered several titles for the film, including: East of Timbuktu, West of Timbuktu, North of Timbuktu, South of Timbuktu (a technique of titling films that William Witney described as "boxing the compass"), The Road to Timbuktu, and Timbuktu Theme. However, he eventually settled on just the plain title "Timbuktu". Edward Small felt so embarrassed by the film that he removed his name from the final credits.
In 1940, France is at war with Germany. The French have removed large numbers of troops from their African possessions, leaving the way open for revolt. American soldier of fortune Mike Conway (Victor Mature) sees a chance to pay his way back to the United States by gunrunning to hostile Tuaregs.
Wearing a slouch hat and bush jacket, Conway is armed with a Thompson sub machine gun and a wristwatch with an alarm engraved "From Conway to Conway". He finds himself walking a razor's edge between an anti-French Tuareg leader (John Dehner) keen for LESS
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