Call Me Bwana
5.4
“Hope was never lovelier... Ekberg was never funnier!”
A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—thinking he's an expert on the region—when in fact he's no such thing. However, a foreign power sends Secret Agent Luba to try and acquire the capsule for itself and, when Matthew and Luba reach their destination, they find that the tribe believes the capsule to be sacred and won't give it up.
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Cast
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Bob Hope
Matt
Known for
The Ghost Breakers
The Cat and the Canary
Anita Ekberg
Luba
Known for
La Dolce Vita
Boccaccio '70
Edie Adams
Frederica
Known for
Up in Smoke
The Apartment
Lionel Jeffries
Ezra
Known for
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Murder Ahoy
Percy Herbert
First Henchman
Known for
The Bridge on the River Kwai
One Million Years B.C.
Paul Carpenter
Col. Spencer
Known for
Maigret Sees Red
Orlando Martins
Chief
Also in
The Nun's Story
Safari
Al Mulock
Second Henchman
Known for
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Hellbenders
Bari Jonson
Uta
Known for
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Peter Dyneley
Williams
Known for
Thunderbirds
Chato's Land
Mai Ling
Hyacinth
Also in
Goldfinger
Mark Heath
Koba
Known for
The Long Day Closes
Gordon Douglas Director · Johanna Harwood Screenplay Nate Monaster Screenplay
United States release June 14, 1963 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Danjaq, United Artists Pictures
Production
EON Productions
Production
Danjaq
Production
United Artists Pictures
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United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · June 14, 1963
Theatrical
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