The Last Lion (film)

Not to be confused with The Last Lions.

The Last Lion
Directed byElmo De Witt
Written byWilbur Smith
Based onnovel Uit oerwoud en vlakte by Sangiro
StarringJack Hawkins
Production
company
Kavalier Films
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
90 mins
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

The Last Lion is a 1972 South African action film directed by Elmo De Witt and starring Jack Hawkins, Karen Spies and Dawid Van Der Walt.[1] The screenplay was written by Wilbur Smith, one of his rare original screenplays.[2] He used a similar story later on in his novel A Time to Die.[3]

  1. ^ "The Last Lion". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Wilbur Smith - Worldwide Bestselling Author". wilbursmithbooks.com.
  3. ^ "Wilbur Smith - Worldwide Bestselling Author". wilbursmithbooks.com.