Toy Story 5
2026 · Animation · Family
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Film / 1963
Call Me Bwana
Directed by
Gordon Douglas
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 …
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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
Bob HopeMatt
Anita EkbergLuba
Edie AdamsFrederica
Lionel JeffriesEzra
Percy HerbertFirst Henchman
Paul CarpenterCol. Spencer
Orlando MartinsChief
Al MulockSecond Henchman
Bari JonsonUta
Peter DyneleyWilliams
Mai LingHyacinth
Mark HeathKoba
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Robert NicholsAmerican Major
Neville MonroeReporter
Michael MoyerReporter
Richard BurrellReporter
Robert Arden1st C.I.A. Man
Kevin Scott2nd C.I.A. Man
Arnold PalmerArnold Palmer
Hyma BeckleyReporter (uncredited)
Ilario Bisi-PedroFirst porter (uncredited)
Patrick HalpinAmerican Officer at Briefing (uncredited)
Miles MallesonPsychiatrist (uncredited)
Nosher PowellMan (uncredited)
Charles PriceStudent at Luba's Lecture (uncredited)
Nikki Van der ZylLuba (voice) (uncredited)
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