The rest is a less entertaining rush to the finish that oddly enough foreshadows a couple of later Bond endings including Moonraker.Ĭall Me Bwana starring Bob Hope is one of the more entertaining titles in the MGM Limited Edition Collection. A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. No –the movie is produced by Bond producer Albert Broccoli-the explorer finds the capsule. O'Farrell' simply were NOT funny and it seemed as if Hope was simply going through the. After a few silly and quite funny moments such as coming across golfer Arnold Palmer (Arnold Palmer) and playing a bit of golf, and after a few bad attempts on his life, one of which is right out of Dr. 'Call Me Bwana' is not a terrible film.and considering the sort of terrible movies Bob Hope was making in the 1960s and early 70s, this is saying a lot Movies like 'Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number', 'How to Commit Marriage' and 'The Private Navy of Sgt. Merriwether is accompanied by a CIA agent (Edie Adams), a luscious Russian spy (Anita Ekberg) and her supposed pastor father. Synopsis: A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off course and lands in Africa where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it. Problem is Matt Merriwether is has never strayed further than Central Park and all this books are based on the diaries of his great uncle. Call Me Bwana is a film directed by Gordon Douglas with Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries.

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But she's Russian in the tradition of Janet Leigh in Jet Pilot rather than Greta Garbo in Ninotchka. Anita Ekberg was a most beautiful and fetching Russian spy. government calls on Ekele expert Merriwether to go to Africa and retrieve the capsule. Bob Hope was way behind the times in trying to sell Call Me Bwana. When a space capsule lands in darkest Africa in Ekele territory the U.S. The print used for this widescreen DVD transfer is quite good aside from one 3 second moment early on after Anita Ekberg gets off the plane.īob Hope plays famous explorer Matt Merriwether. Like all Bob Home movies, Call Me Bwana features travel to a strange land, lots of quips and bon mots, and quite a few silly scenes. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby’s Road pictures are pretty iconic, but of course there were times when Bob went on jaunts sans Bing, such as in the rollicking 1963 comedy, Call Me Bwana.Wow. Watch it on Fawesome on your Roku device. Call Me Bwana, a comedy movie starring Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, and Edie Adams is available to stream now. After reaching their destination, with Merriwether madly in love with Luba, they find that the Ekeles believe the capsule is a holy talisman and won’t give it up.Īlso Known As (AKA): Rififi no Safári, El amo de la selva, Appelez-moi chef, Chiamami buana, Safari Inesperado, Bob auf SafariĮnglish | DVDRip | MKV | AVC, 1874 Kbps | 704×396 | 23.976 fps | 1.61 GBĪudio: AC-3, 384 Kbps | 2 channels | 48.0 KHz | Runtime: 01:42:04 minutesĬall_Me_Bwana_1963.Call Me Bwana is a fun Bob Hope comedy now available as an on demand DVD in the MGM Limited Edition Collection. An armchair explorer (Bob Hope), a G-woman (Edie Adams), and a Soviet spy (Anita Ekberg) and her colleague go on safari for a lost moon capsule. All meet and form a safari but there is time out for a golf match between Merriwether and Arnold Palmer (Himself). Ezra Mungo (Lionel Jeffries) is peeved that Luba superseded him, and is sent along posing as her father but has plans of his own. Call Me Bwana is a film directed by Gordon Douglas with Bob Hope, Anita Ekberg, Edie Adams, Lionel Jeffries. Performed by Lionel Jeffries (Ezra Mungo) at the mission and later reprised by Bob Hope in his tent in safari. A foreign power sends Secret Agent Luba (Anita Ekberg) to go after Matthew and stop at nothing – absolutely nothing – to get it from him. Washington orders the great African Authority Matthew Merriwether (Bob Hope), an utter fraud and authority only on feminine pulchritude, to go find it. A returning moon capsule with vital information goes off course and lands in Africa where the little-known Ekele tribesmen find it.

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