Rampage (1963)

Masterful Movie

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

This was some dull film. The moderator on TCM said that Bob Mitchum agreed to do it so that he could take his family on a Hawaiian vacation. The so called African scenery was shot in Hawaii. Mitchum would have been far better off had he skipped Hawaii that year.The scenes in Africa are dull. The trapping of the so called cat was nothing to talk about. Jack Hawkins plays the guy who asks Mitchum to go on the expedition. He has taken in Elsa Martinelli at the age of 14; she is grown now and he wants to continue to possess her. He tries to show his manliness when he enters the cave where the cat is.I was wondering where the rampage was when the trio leave Africa and head back to the German zoo. Go know that the Hawkins character would go berserk and unleash the cat as the train enters the station. Even the so called rampage on the German streets is minimal at best. The residents of the building where the cat is are told to make loud noises. I think they were told this to wake up the audiences in the theaters viewing this garbage.

Rampage casts Robert Mitchum and Jack Hawkins as a trapper of wild game and a hunter of same respectively. They've been hired by the Berlin Zoo to bag some big cats for exhibition. Both of them see themselves as Hemingway like existential characters, each with a distinct philosophy about the profession they've chosen for themselves. Both have world wide reputations for what they do.Probably it would all have been fine had not Hawkins introduced Mitchum to Elsa Martinelli his mistress who has been such since she was found in a burned out church during World War II as an adolescent. Hawkins did introduce her to the facts of life, but Elsa's been taking care of business on her own for a while, but she always comes back to Hawkins. A fling with Mitchum though has Hawkins going through the Othello thing without an Iago to stoke those green fires.The trio is looking for special game, it is reported that there is an enchantress in the Malay jungle, a mixed breed of a tiger and a leopard. When we see the enchantress it looks like it has the bone structure and shape of a tiger, but the spots of a leopard. The Malay natives regard them as special.I saw Rampage in the theater when it first came out and the jungle scenes are great, but the soap opera plot among the leads is strictly melodramatic. Still I think fans of the leading characters will like it.

To whom it may concern-I just want to find out if this movie can be purchased.If so,where?I saw it years ago.The color and music were great.Mitchum is always great i just need to ask this question i just need to ask this question i just need to ask this question where can i buy this film.why can i not ask question in less than ten lines when a simple answer will do.i have been looking for this movie for years and it would be very cordial of you to provide me with this information.Why do i need to ask a simple question in ten lines?Is there another format i can go to where a simple question such as where can i purchase this film can be answered?

"Rampage", made in 1963, starred Robert Mitchum, Elsa Martinelli, and Jack Hawkins. This film, set in the jungles of Malasia, had the two professionals, Hawkins an animal hunter, and Mitchum, a trapper, hired by a zoo in Germany to capture a rare species of jungle cat and bring the animal back alive for a major exhibition. Mitchum sees the chance to do as the zoo wishes, while Hawkins only desires the killing of the animal for the newest addition to his collection of kills and trophies. Adding to the mixture is Hawkins' mistress, played by Elsa Martinelli. She goes on the hunt as well, and finally decides to leave Hawkins, tiring of his desire to only kill. The hunt in Malasia goes well, the animal is captured, but Hawkins' jealousy gives vent to revenge on the two, Mitchum and Martinelli. The film features a stirring music score by Elmer Bernstein, and the scenery in Malasia is breathtaking. Mitchum portrays cool as only he could, and Martinelli and Hawkins add a style to the film. Sadly, not on VHS or DVD yet.