Harry Black and the Tiger

This movie looks far better than its script allows the story to become. Great photography by John Wilcox (nephew of Herbert) draws the viewer into some up close and personal situations with a deadly rouge tiger. Interesting Argentinian Director Hugo Fregonese attempts to keep the story moving but a lethargic script defeats him. The majority of the cast is quite good but, an overly melodramatic script offers up too many situations to fully accept - some ethnic observations are well put across and all the animal scenes are also involving. With some serious editing there is a good movie waiting to be released from the overload. The sub-plot involving the hunter's exe's little lad getting lost in the jungle is just one more incident too many. At least the Tiger, Manhunter, and his local guide are convincing throughout.

The highly charged, dramatic introduction is stark and promises something better to come - instead, it ambles on with rather weakly developed characters until some of them become quite uninteresting. Similar situations are also explored in the earlier and just as rare "Man-eater of the Kumaon"