Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Unlimitedia Sick Product of a Sick System

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

gridoon2018 Despite the noble attempts at even-handedness in handling racial conflicts in 1950s Kenya (Earl Cameron is a commanding presence as a pacifist, educated doctor), "Simba" still has a racist and imperialist point-of-view: most of the black characters indeed are, or are quick to become, "howling savages". If you can overlook that, it's a well-made piece of work, vividly photographed in Eastmancolor and with some tense suspense sequences. **1/2 ouf 4.

JohnHowardReid Copyright 1955 by Group Film Productions Ltd. New York opening at the Palace: 21 October 1955. U.S. release through Lippert Pictures: 9 September 1955. U.K. release through General Film Distributors: March 1955. Australian release through British Empire Films: 21 September 1956 (sic). 101 minutes. (Available on a very good Spirit Entertainment DVD). SYNOPSIS: On arriving in Kenya, a British settler discovers that his brother has been murdered by Mau Mau terrorists. NOTES: One of the top ten British money-makers of 1955 in the U.K. COMMENT: Here's a movie that cries out for Rank's Independent Frame process work. Instead the makers have reverted to the cheaper, more obvious and somewhat primitive method of inter-cutting differently graded second unit footage peopled by obvious doubles with studio cut-ins against process screens and glaring photographic blow-ups. Hurst's clumsily heavy-handed direction, its lumbering pace emphasizing every cliché in the banal dialogue as well, further undermines the picture's credibility.Nonetheless, despite all these obtrusive defects of technique, as well as shallow writing and superficial acting (particularly by the three principals, although Sinden is partly exonerated by terrible miscasting), plus the fact that Miss McKenna's role has been built up by Mr. Estridge (she is forced to emote through two or three totally extraneous scenes, whilst others have been padded out way beyond their levels of interest and/or importance); — despite all these problems "Simba" still packs a mighty punch. It's a case of the powerful theme overcoming the triteness of its telling. And it must be admitted that Hurst does handle the horrifying action scenes forcefully, partly by the very unobtrusiveness, lack of involvement and even the clumsiness of his technique.Although some critics complained that Bogarde was being stereotyped in truculently unsympathetic parts, his public didn't seem to mind. He topped both Motion Picture Herald polls of British showmen for 1955, as the top picture-goer magnet among British stars, and as the top box-office star in the U.K. over all.

ptaylaw Some of the reviews of this movie are too absorbed with the alleged racial content. Although racism was prevalent in the white community, a better approach would be to recognize the white settlers' concern for their safety from murder and home invasion. Some people don't know much about the history of the period, and are too preoccupied with being politically correct by today's standards. The Mau Mau rebellion was an early example of terrorism through brutality and atrocity. Many Kenyans lived in fear of a Mau Mau raid and more than 2,000 were killed by Mau Mau. The blood oaths and secret society of the Mau Mau made the terror all the more extreme. Although few of those murdered were white, many settlers were extremely scared. They were particularly scared at night, and of being betrayed by their household employees. Simba accurately depicts the fear and tension of the period. There are fine performances and the movie is absorbing and exciting.

dbdumonteil This movie may be accused of racism.Perhaps so.But you could also blame "stagecoach" and a lot of westerns before "broken arrow" as well :the Indians were the villains,just as the natives are here.Let's be serious!It was half a century ago and at the time the writers had not the hindsight we have today.The precedent user saw the movie through the eyes of the 2004 audience obviously the politically correct one.Judging by the rating,there are users who disagree and I'm one of them.First of all,"Simba" is not poorly executed,it has a good screenplay,fine actors (Bogarde and Virginia McKenna),beautiful landscapes...That the Africans should be shown as primitive,cruel and mindless does not prevent some of them from becoming educated and wise:"I studied for six years ,the black doctor says,to save lives ,not to destroy them".Two years later in "something of value" ,Richard Brooks showed a native afraid of thunder!"Simba" is the British forerunner of Richard Brook's work.In "Simba" anyway ,the White are not necessarily the heroes.See how Bogarde refuses to shake hands with the doctor.And the last picture of the movie is a black child's face ,a curious choice for a would be racist flick.