A few years ago when I was a student at Hollins University, I saw a video of a film that starred Cornel Wilde about a naiive westerner who gets pursued by tribesmen in an African jungle.
"The Naked Prey" was also directed by the Hungarian actor who also produced the film.
It is a current dvd recommendation from Margaret Barton-Fumo of "Film Comment" who said the 1966 film, which she describes as 'an anthropoligical chase' movie, is unigue for its shocking violence. Virtually the entire film features Wilde in a black speedo, which might actually scare the children even more.
I must say now that she mentions it the film did have a lot of exciting chase scenes. It's almost like "The French Connection" except instead of cars the pursuits involve warriors and elephants (well, I'm not entirely sure about the later).
One also has to like how Barton-Fumo describes the film: "sort of a National Geographic-meets-Apocalypto' hybrid. There are some brutal scenes of torture and killings, which might lead one to think they are watching the evening news.
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