West of Zanzibar

West of Zanzibar

They Plunder The Ivory Coast

1954 · 94 min · ★ 5.5 · Adventure

Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.

Directed by Harry Watt · Written by Jack Whittingham

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