The Macomber Affair

NR
1h 29m
1947
6.493 /10 (14)

Peck...Bennett...Hemingway...only all three together could create this electric love story...with a vengeance!

Overview

A big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway's "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber".

Country : United States of America
Languages : English, Kiswahili
Released Date: 1947-04-20

Top Billed Cast

Gregory Peck

Robert Wilson

Joan Bennett

Margaret Macomber

Robert Preston

Francis Macomber

Reginald Denny

Police Inspector

Jean Gillie

Aimee

Carl Harbord

Coroner

Frederick Worlock

Clerk

Vernon Downing

Reporter Logan

Darby Jones

Masai Warrior (uncredited)

Martin Wilkins

Bartender (uncredited)

Earl Smith

Kongoni

Hassan Said

Abdullah (uncredited)

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