Where No Vultures Fly

Where No Vultures Fly

Infobox Film
name = Where No Vultures Fly


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director = Harry Watt
producer = Michael Balcon
writer = W.P. Lipscomb
Leslie Norman
Ralph Smart
Harry Watt (story)
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starring = Anthony Steel
Dinah Sheridan
music = Alan Rawsthorne
cinematography = Paul Beeson
Geoffry Unsworth
editing = Jack Harris
Gordon Stone
distributor = Universal International
released = 1951
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country = United Kingdom
language = English
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imdb_id = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043682/

"Where No Vultures Fly" is a 1951 British film. It was released under the title "Ivory Hunter" in the United States. It was directed by Harry Watt and starred Anthony Steel and Dinah Sheridan. The film was inspired by the work of the conservationist Mervyn Cowie. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,816840-2,00.html The New Pictures,] "Time", 1952-08-25.] The film's opening credits state that "the characters in this film are imaginary, but the story is based on the recent struggle of Mervyn Cowie to form the National Parks of Kenya." [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/57777 Where No Vultures Fly,] British Film Institute.] The title "Where No Vultures Fly" denotes areas where there are no dead animals. [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=2&res=950DE0DA123AE23BBC4152DFBE668389649EDE&oref=slogin Ivory Hunter (1951),] "New York Times", 1952-08-19.]

Plot

The film is set in East Africa. It is about a game warden called Bob Payton (Anthony Steel). He is horrified by the destruction of wild animals by ivory hunters. He establishes a wildlife sanctuary. He is attacked by wild animals and must contend with a villainous ivory poacher (Harold Warrender).

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