Diamond Safari is a 1958 American crime film directed by Gerald Mayer and starring Kevin McCarthy, Betty McDowall and André Morell.BFI.org
Filmed in South Africa in 1955, the film features the first (and only) two 30-minute episodes of a television series called African Drumbeat.Billboard 26 Nov 1955
Plot An American battles diamond smugglers in Africa.
Cast Kevin McCarthy – Harry Jordan Robert Bice – Reubens Tommy Buson – Medicine Man John Clifford – Doc Joanna Douglas – Petey Frances Driver – Glass Blower's Wife Joel Herholdt – Sergeant van der Cliffe Hanna Landy – Wanda Betty McDowall – Louise Saunders Michael McNeile – Phillips Harry Mekela – Police Boy André Morell – Williamson Patrick Simpson – Carlton Geoffrey Tsobe – Stephen Timbu Gert Van den Bergh – Compound Manager
Production African Drumbeat is a TV series produced by Gerard Mayer for Edward Dukoff, personal manager of Danny Kaye. It was done in partnership with the Schlesinger Organization of South Africa and Great Britain.
Larry Marcus wrote three scripts for the series which focused on Harry Jordan, an American soldier of fortune in South Africa. Kevin McCarthy was cast in this role. Filming began in South Africa on 1 July 1955.
There was location filming in Krueger National Park. Filming was completed by October 1955.
No TV series resulted. The episodes were cut together and released as a feature film.
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