King Solomon's Mines
Nov 09 1950
•2h 43m
•Adventure, Action, Romance
Fortune hunter Allan Quatermain teams up with a resourceful woman to help her find her missing husband lost in the wilds of 1900s Africa while being pursued by hostile tribes and a rival German explorer.
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Deborah Kerr
Elizabeth Curtis
Stewart Granger
Allan Quartermain
Richard Carlson
John Goode
Hugo Haas
Van Brun
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