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  Review by 𝕭laze the 𝓐ction 𝕵unkie ★★ 5

  This was a mildly entertaining old wartime flick. The best part about it was the superb acting and the third act action sequences. I did find large parts of the first two acts to be a drag, but it did get much better in act three with some impassioned acting and the solid action sequences I mentioned. I'd say this one was better than expected for its age, but still a tough watch by today's standards.

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  Review by JayShmoney ★ 1

  Should have just looked at google images of Gene Tierney in this movie for 90 minutes instead

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  Review by Scott Huston ★★★½

  Release date: October 31, 1941

  Gene Tierney got top billing in this war film; she also starred in three other films in 1941. Later she would become a Hollywood legend with Laura (1944), Leave Her To Heaven (1945), and so many more. 

  ‘Zia’ (Gene Tierney) is a wealthy Somaliland merchant woman who is willing to help the British in their fight with the Germans. 
  The Germans plan to control the coastline from Norway to Gibraltar, then to Egypt and all of the East African coastlines to control the world movement of all goods and armies. (This was 1941.)

  A good film about espionage, gun-smuggling, East African tribal customs, and how to win a war.
  Happy endings are mandatory with a…

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  Review by trolleyfreak ★★½ 13

  'She's the most dangerous woman in Africa! Too beautiful... too alluring to be trusted... she was there when that shot rang out of the desert night and started one of the most dangerous manhunts you've ever seen..' (Excerpt from one of the poster taglines used for Sundown)

  Hollywood studios often liked to indulge themselves with absurdly exotic cod melodramas and this oddity is no different with a by-the-book, stiff upper lip George Sanders fighting for king and country in wartime Kenya (but filmed in New Mexico) alongside King Kong's nemesis Bruce Cabot and Reginald Gardiner as they attempt to deal with restless natives and try to foil some gun-running by unseen Axis powers and their dastardly Dutch representative (Carl Esmond)…

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  Review by Daniel ★★½

  "The Senshi are given guns, they're being smuggled to them."

  Bill Crawford (Bruce Cabot), a District Commissioner in British East Africa, is eager to study the Senshi, a local tribe. However, the Senshi have recently become hostile. When Major Coombes (George Sanders) joins him, Crawford finds out someone has been smuggeling weapons to the Senshi. Then, Zia (Gene Tierney), owner of a series of trading posts, arrives ...

  Sundown is a war film directed by Henry Hathaway, written by Barré Lyndon, based on his own novel of the same name.

  This was only Gene Tierney's fifth film, and she's now billed first, although it feels like the screenwriters had trouble finding something really useful to do for her in the…

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  Review by s ★★★½

  20 year old gene tierney i love you pookie. her outfits ate so bad she looks sooo gorgeous here.

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  Review by tafkaga ★★

  White people try to bring Africa up to speed in this film shot in New Mexico, where some of the African natives sound like they just stepped out of Gone With the Wind. Watch it on Youtube because the captions make it hilarious, e.g. there's an African soldier named "Bangable".

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  Review by Sarah ★★

  i only watched this for gene and i did not pick up on a single thing that happened otherwise

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  Review by PUNQ ★★½

  A little antiquated, but Sundown (1941) tries in a serious way to bring about Africa's strategic place in World War II with foreign influence among the natives. Doesn't quite bring on the danger well enough on a local plan, but the suspicions within the British camp works well enough to create some shivers. Bruce Cabot is likable as the camp leader, but George Sanders steals it all when he arrives. Gene Tierney place in the story is rather weird, but she is something absolutely stunning to look at if the rest doesn't work for you.

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  Review by s ★★

  i’m confused but somehow also understood what was going on kinda?? anyways, here are my takeaways from this film:

  - gene tierney
  - gene tierney’s gorgeous face
  - gene tierney’s OUTFITS. IN. THIS. MOVIE.
  - i love the name zia 
  - the scene in the cell, tell him girl!! 
  - the action scenes weren’t that bad surprisingly
  - gene tierney once again, because only she can get me to watch boring war films!

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  Review by rcbarron ★★★

  Found this Henry Hathaway war film on Tubi and watched it for George Sanders and Joseph Calleia, two favorites, who have a pretty good face-off. … The movie, set in East Africa, was shot in California and New Mexico with camels, monkeys, and a passing ostrich. … Calleia is less restrained than usual (wondered for a bit if he thought he was in a comedy), and Sanders maybe more restrained. (Thinking of other Sanders movies where, unlike this one, he’s the Nazi.) … It’s not a great print and captioning would have helped with the sound, but the movie was nominated for a cinematography Academy Award  (Charles Lang, 18 noms, one win) and two other Oscars. … A very young Gene Tierney. … “Wow, that was Dorothy Dandridge.” … Woody Strode’s first role. … Reginald Gardiner. … Think I liked it more as historical artifact. The ending becomes a rally the homefront just months before Pearl Harbor.

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  Review by DominicTheWriter ★★

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  Not much to say other then…….MEH. 

  
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