West of Zanzibar

Game warden Bob Payton tracks an ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the African veldt.

Cast

Anthony Steel

as Bob Payton

Sheila Sim

as Mary Payton

Edric Connor

as Ushingo

Orlando Martins

as M'Kwongi

William Simons

as Tim Payton

Martin Benson

as Dhofar

David Osieli

as Ambrose

Bethlehem Sketch

as Bethlehem

Peter Illing

as Yhingoni

Juma

as Juma

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