Golden Ivory

Golden Ivory

White Woman vs. The Deadly Python

1954 · 83 min · ★ 6.0 · Adventure

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.

Directed by George P. Breakston · Written by Dermot Quinn

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