Bwana Devil is a 1952 dramatic film written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler. It is considered the first color American 3-D movie and is noteworthy for starting the 3-D fad in the US filmmaking industry from 1952 to 1955. It stars Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, and Nigel Bruce.

The film's tagline was: The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!

Plot

The film depicts the attacks, by man-eating lions, faced by the builders of the Uganda Railway.

The time: the turn of the century. The place: British East Africa. Thousands of workers are building Africa's first railroad-- intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. Two men in charge of the mission are Jack Hayward (Robert Stack) and Dr. Angus Ross (Nigel Bruce). To this place comes a pair of man-eating lions, which completely disrupt the undertaking. Desperately, Hayward attempts to overcome the situation but the slaughter continues.

Britain sends three big-game hunters to kill the lions. With them comes Jack's wife (Barbara Britton). When the game hunters are themselves killed by the lions, Jack, in order to prove he is not a weakling, sets out once and for all to kill them. After a grim battle with the man-eaters, endangering both him and his wife, Jack slays them.

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Category:1952 films
Category:3-D films