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Call Me Bwana

5.819631h 42mMovieComedy

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…

DirectorGordon Douglas
WritersJohanna Harwood·Nate Monaster
ProducersAlbert R. Broccoli·Harry Saltzman

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Cast · Directed by Gordon Douglas

BHBob Hope
Bob Hope
Matt
AEAnita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg
Luba
EAEdie Adams
Edie Adams
Frederica
LJLionel Jeffries
Lionel Jeffries
Ezra
PHPercy Herbert
Percy Herbert
First Henchman
PCPaul Carpenter
Paul Carpenter
Col. Spencer
OMOrlando Martins
Orlando Martins
Chief
AMAl Mulock
Al Mulock
Second Henchman
BJ
Bari Jonson
Uta
PDPeter Dyneley
Peter Dyneley
Williams
MLMai Ling
Mai Ling
Hyacinth
MH
Mark Heath
Koba

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