''Africa Texas Style'' is a 1967 British

adventure film The adventure film is a broad genre of film. Some early genre studies found it no different than the Western film or argued that adventure could encompass all Hollywood genres. Commonality was found among historians Brian Taves and Ian Cameron in ...

directed by

Andrew Marton Andrew Marton (born Endre Marton; 26 January 1904 – 7 January 1992) was a Hungarian-American film director. In his career, he directed 39 films and television programs, and worked on 16 as a second unit director, including the chariot race in ...

and starring

John Mills Sir John Mills (born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills; 22 February 190823 April 2005) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades. He excelled on camera as an appealing British everyman who often portray ...

Hugh O'Brian Hugh O'Brian (born Hugh Charles Krampe; April 19, 1925 – September 5, 2016) was an American actor and humanitarian, best known for his starring roles in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC Western (genre), Western television series ' ...

and Nigel Green.BFI.org
/ref> The plot is about two American

cowboy A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often performs a multitude of other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th century arose from the ''vaquero'' ...

s who are hired by a British rancher to oversee his estate in

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

. Shot on location in Africa and Florida, this film led to the TV show '' Cowboy in Africa'' starring

Chuck Connors Kevin Joseph "Chuck" Connors (April 10, 1921 – November 10, 1992) was an American actor and professional basketball and baseball player. He is one of only 13 athletes in the history of American professional sports to have played in both Majo ...

. The opening scene of the film includes a cameo appearance by Mills' daughter

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promisi ...

Cast

as Jim Sinclair *

as Wing Commander Hayes * Nigel Green as Karl Bekker *

Tom Nardini Tom Nardini is an American film actor who had a lengthy career in television. His best-known roles were in '' Cowboy in Africa'' (1967), and in ''Cat Ballou'' (1965), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe award. Early life Born in Los ...

as John Henry * Adrienne Corri as Fay Carter * Ronald Howard as Hugo Copp * Charles Malinda as Sampson * Honey Wamala as Mr. Oyondi * Charles Hayes as Veterinary * Stephen Kikumu as Peter * Ali Twaha as Turk * Mohammed Abdullah as Witch doctor

References

External links

* 1967 films British adventure films 1967 adventure films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Andrew Marton Films scored by Malcolm Arnold Paramount Pictures films 1960s British films English-language adventure films {{1960s-adventure-film-stub