| Rampage | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster by Frank McCarthy | |
| Directed by | Phil Karlson |
| Written by | Robert I. Holt Marguerite Roberts Jerome Bixby (uncredited) |
| Based on | Rampage 1961 novel by Alan Caillou |
| Produced by | William Fadiman |
| Starring | Robert Mitchum Jack Hawkins Elsa Martinelli |
| Cinematography | Harold Lipstein |
| Edited by | Gene Milford |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rampage is a 1963 American adventure film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Robert Mitchum, Jack Hawkins and Elsa Martinelli. It features a musical score by Elmer Bernstein and was based on the eponymous novel by Alan Caillou, published in 1961.
Plot
The story centers on a group of big game hunters who travel to Malaysia with the intention of capturing a rare tiger/leopard hybrid known as ‘the Enchantress’.
Harry Stanton is commissioned by a West German Zoo to capture in the Malay jungle an extremely rare big cat, claimed to be a hybrid of tiger and leopard, and known as ‘the Enchantress’. He is accompanied by Otto Abbot and his Italian mistress Ana, who Otto rescued from an impoverished state when she was 14, though the affair began later. Rivalry breaks out between the two men, but when Otto manages to trap the Enchantress in a cave and is badly mauled by her, Harry comes to Otto’s rescue, and succeeds in capturing the animal. Once back in Germany, Harry attempts to transport the Enchantress to her destination at the zoo by freight train, but Otto, jealous of the growing closeness between Harry and Ana, releases the big cat from its cage, leaving Harry alone with it. Fortunately however, Harry manages to fight it off, whereupon the creature leaps from the train. Later, but not before the Enchantress has managed to kill a janitor, she is cornered by Otto, who, on witnessing the arrival of Harry and Ana, makes an unsuccessful attempt to shoot Harry, and in so doing makes the fatal error of taking his eye off the savage feline - which promptly kills him before being itself killed by Ana. Harry is told of another Enchantress the zoo wants him to capture, but while he thinks about that, he and Ana agree to marry.[1]
Cast
- Robert Mitchum as Harry Stanton
- Jack Hawkins as Otto Abbot
- Elsa Martinelli as Anna
- Sabu as Talib
- Cely Carillo as Chep
- Émile Genest as Schelling
- Stefan Schnabel as Sakai Chief
- David Cadiente as Baka
Production
Filming started in Hawaii in October 1962.[2]
References
- ↑ https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2011/03/enchanted-by-enchantress.html Retrieved at 00.12 on Sunday 14/1/24.
- ↑ "Mitchum in 'rampage' for producer stark". Los Angeles Times. Aug 25, 1962. ProQuest 168131920.
External links
- Rampage at IMDb
- Rampage at the TCM Movie Database
- Rampage at the American Film Institute Catalog