Bryant Haliday, Lisa Daniely, Dennis Price, Dennis Alaba Peters, Danny Daniels, Mary Kerridge, Valli Newby, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Beryl Cunningham, Nigel Feyisetan, Tony Thawnton, Andy Myers, Michael Nightingale, Jean Lodge, Jimmy Felgate
In Africa, a professional hunter kills a male lion which is sacred to a local tribe which also practices voodoo; and when he returns to England, he finds himself deteriorating under the influence of a curse which they have placed on him for his sacrilege.
Now then, where to start.... I am a big fan of the ultimately rather tragic Dennis Price; he was superb in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949) so thought I'd defy the reviews and give it a chance. Well, you know what - it's dreadful nonsense. Bryant Haliday is a big game hunter who commits the ultimate taboo for a local tribe of voodoo worshippers - he kills a Simla (not the one from the cartoon, yo...