
As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing. Through his delirium he recalls his one true love Cynthia Green who he lost by his obsession for roaming the world in search of stories for his novels. Though she is dead Cynthia continues to haunt Street's thoughts. In spite of one successful novel after another, Street feels he has compromised his talent to ensure the ... (Full plot summary below)
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As writer Harry Street lays gravely wounded from an African hunting accident he feverishly reflects on what he perceives as his failures at love and writing. Through his delirium he recalls his one true love Cynthia Green who he lost by his obsession for roaming the world in search of stories for his novels. Though she is dead Cynthia continues to haunt Street's thoughts. In spite of one successful novel after another, Street feels he has compromised his talent to ensure the success of his books, making him a failure in his eyes. His neglected wife Helen tends to his wounds, listens to his ranting, endures his talk of lost loves, and tries to restore in him the will to fight his illness until help arrives. Her devotion to him makes him finally realize that he is not a failure. With his realization of a chance for love and happiness with Helen, he regains his will to live.
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| Movie MetropolisJames PlathPlays better on the page than on stage or screen, but Peck and Gardner give it their all. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonThanks to a skillful combination of some sensational African hunting scenes, a musical score of rich suggestion and a vivid performance by Gregory Peck, Twentieth Century-Fox and Darryl F. Zanuck have concocted a handsome and generally absorbing film in The Snows of Kilimanjaro. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe star-studded cast makes the flawed film watchable. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThere is some exquisite Technicolor photography by Leon Shamroy, but director Henry King never moves the action beyond respectful superficiality. |
| User ReviewAllan CA blockbuster with magnificent performances. |
| User ReviewKevin CGreat classic movie, fantastic actors and of course Ava Gardner is very beautiful |
| User ReviewVeeruska Kgorgeous gregory!!! <3 one of my favorite movies, beautiful imagery. love all the symbolism in it. |
| User ReviewPrivate Uyou will like all the action and adventure here. |
| User ReviewMara BGreat characters and exotic locales make this classic Hemingway. Pretty good digital restoration in full color, although mostly shot in the studio. Nevertheless a good production for its time. |
| User ReviewRichard SWith great stars like Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck and Susan Hayward, a screenplay based on the works of Ernest Hemingway and a story set in Africa, France and Spain, one would expect much more from this film but unfortunately it falls short. However it's worth seeing for the impressive performances by Gardner and Hayward. |