Bwana Devil

Bwana Devil
Theatrical release poster
Directed byArch Oboler
Written byArch Oboler
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byJohn Hoffman
Music byGordon Jenkins
Production
companies
  • Gulu Productions
  • Arch Oboler Productions
Distributed by
Release date
  • November 26, 1952 (1952-11-26)
[1]
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$323,000[2]
Box office$5 million[2]

Bwana Devil is a 1952 American adventure B movie written, directed, and produced by Arch Oboler, and starring Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, and Nigel Bruce.[3][4][5] Bwana Devil is based on the true story of the Tsavo maneaters and filmed with the Natural Vision 3D system.[5] The film is notable for sparking the first 3D film craze in the motion picture industry, as well as for being the first feature-length 3D film in color and the first 3D sound feature in English.

The advertising tagline was: "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!"

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference AFI was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Thompson, Howard (November 4, 1961). "NEW OBOLER FILM TO OPEN TUESDAY; '1 Plus 1' Is the Writer's First Movie in Nine Years". The New York Times. p. 14.
  3. ^ "Variety Film Reviews". Variety. December 3, 1952. p. 6.
  4. ^ "Harrison's Reports and Film Reviews". Harrison's Reports. December 6, 1952. p. 195.
  5. ^ a b Sala, Ángel (October 2005). "Apéndices". Tiburón ¡Vas a necesitar un barco más grande! El filme que cambió Hollywood (1st ed.). Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya. p. 114. ISBN 84-96129-72-1.