Call Me Bwana (1963)

Hope was never lovelier... Ekberg was never funnier!

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds it. Washington sends Matthew Merriwether to recover it—thinking he's an expert on the region—when in fact he's no such thing. However, a foreign power sends Secret Agent Luba to try and acquire the capsule for itself and, when Matthew and Luba reach their destination, they find that the tribe believes the capsule to be sacred and won't give it up.

Cast (26)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Bob Hope

Matt

Anita Ekberg

Luba

Edie Adams

Frederica

Lionel Jeffries

Ezra

Percy Herbert

First Henchman

Paul Carpenter

Col. Spencer

Orlando Martins

Chief

Al Mulock

Second Henchman

B

Bari Jonson

Uta

Peter Dyneley

Williams

Mai Ling

Hyacinth

M

Mark Heath

Koba

Robert Nichols

American Major

N

Neville Monroe

Reporter

M

Michael Moyer

Reporter

R

Richard Burrell

Reporter

Robert Arden

1st C.I.A. Man

Kevin Scott

2nd C.I.A. Man

Arnold Palmer

Arnold Palmer

H

Hyma Beckley

Reporter (uncredited)

Ilario Bisi-Pedro

First porter (uncredited)

P

Patrick Halpin

American Officer at Briefing (uncredited)

Miles Malleson

Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Nosher Powell

Man (uncredited)

C

Charles Price

Student at Luba's Lecture (uncredited)

Nikki Van der Zyl

Luba (voice) (uncredited)

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