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The Roots of Heaven

The Roots of Heaven

6.2/ 10

TMDB Rating

25

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1958

Release Year

121 min

Runtime

Adventure
Drama

Overview

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.

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@Geronimo1967

April 4, 2022

5
5/10

I just wonder how much acting Errol Flynn or Orson Welles actually had to do in this really disappointing and meandering yarn - they both appear as disinterested as the other. Trevor Howard doesn't fare much better as the early ecologist "Morel" who is determined to put a stop to elephant hunting. T

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