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Nor the Moon by Night
Nor the Moon by Night is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Belinda Lee, Michael Craig and Patrick McGoohan. It was written by Guy Elmes based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Joy Packer and partly filmed in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The title is a quote from the Old Testament passage (Psalm 121:6), "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." The film was released in the United States as Elephant Gun. It has several sections in Swahili but is not subtitled.
Two brothers, Rusty and Andrew Miller, are game wardens in Africa. Andrew's fiancée Alice Lang visits from the UK, and falls in love with Rusty.
A broken headlight caused by a crashed Land Rover starts a bush fire, and the humans try to beat it out as the wildlife stampedes to escape. Meanwhile, Andrew has tied himself into a tree to escape the lions but threatens to be burnt in the fire.
Joy Packer's novel Nor the Moon by Night was published in 1957. Film rights were bought by John Davis of the Rank Film Organisation, in part because Davis's wife Dinah Sheridan was a fan of the novel. Packer later wrote she sold the rights via a "contract which reduced me to nothing and made me feel like the man who sold his shadow to the devil".
In the late 1950s, the Rank Organisation made a series of adventure films in colour shot on location which were aimed at the international audience. These included The Black Tent, Robbery Under Arms, Ferry to Hong Kong, Campbell's Kingdom and Nor the Moon by Night.
The film was directed by Ken Annakin who was making it under a two picture contract he had with Rank. He says that he did not really want to do the job. The film he really wanted to make was The Singer Not the Song but when he could not get the casting he wanted for that film he decided to make the second film under his deal, Nor the Moon by Night. He agreed because it gave him the chance to see South Africa. He later wrote "At this period, both Guy and I believed we could turn almost any material into a viable screenplay, and the opportunity to travel again and make a movie with the easygoing John Stafford finally swept away any scruples I had. 'It’s really only just to give us time to hook Brando and make the big movie next', he assured me."
Packer says producer Stafford flew out to South Africa to meet with her and secure her help in making the movie. He showed her the script which she found "amazingly fresh and new. The basic situation and a few names and places were vaguely familiar. I recognised none of the dialogue and only part of the action, but the story sounded exciting."
"This should have a strong appeal to the youngsters,” Annakin said in September 1957. “And for that reason I want a predominantly young cast, preferably under 30." Michael Craig was the first actor announced.
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Nor the Moon by Night
Nor the Moon by Night is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Belinda Lee, Michael Craig and Patrick McGoohan. It was written by Guy Elmes based on the 1957 novel of the same title by Joy Packer and partly filmed in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. The title is a quote from the Old Testament passage (Psalm 121:6), "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night." The film was released in the United States as Elephant Gun. It has several sections in Swahili but is not subtitled.
Two brothers, Rusty and Andrew Miller, are game wardens in Africa. Andrew's fiancée Alice Lang visits from the UK, and falls in love with Rusty.
A broken headlight caused by a crashed Land Rover starts a bush fire, and the humans try to beat it out as the wildlife stampedes to escape. Meanwhile, Andrew has tied himself into a tree to escape the lions but threatens to be burnt in the fire.
Joy Packer's novel Nor the Moon by Night was published in 1957. Film rights were bought by John Davis of the Rank Film Organisation, in part because Davis's wife Dinah Sheridan was a fan of the novel. Packer later wrote she sold the rights via a "contract which reduced me to nothing and made me feel like the man who sold his shadow to the devil".
In the late 1950s, the Rank Organisation made a series of adventure films in colour shot on location which were aimed at the international audience. These included The Black Tent, Robbery Under Arms, Ferry to Hong Kong, Campbell's Kingdom and Nor the Moon by Night.
The film was directed by Ken Annakin who was making it under a two picture contract he had with Rank. He says that he did not really want to do the job. The film he really wanted to make was The Singer Not the Song but when he could not get the casting he wanted for that film he decided to make the second film under his deal, Nor the Moon by Night. He agreed because it gave him the chance to see South Africa. He later wrote "At this period, both Guy and I believed we could turn almost any material into a viable screenplay, and the opportunity to travel again and make a movie with the easygoing John Stafford finally swept away any scruples I had. 'It’s really only just to give us time to hook Brando and make the big movie next', he assured me."
Packer says producer Stafford flew out to South Africa to meet with her and secure her help in making the movie. He showed her the script which she found "amazingly fresh and new. The basic situation and a few names and places were vaguely familiar. I recognised none of the dialogue and only part of the action, but the story sounded exciting."
"This should have a strong appeal to the youngsters,” Annakin said in September 1957. “And for that reason I want a predominantly young cast, preferably under 30." Michael Craig was the first actor announced.