original Italian title MAL D'AFRICA [Africa Sick]

director Sergio Martino (as Martin Dolman)
starring Richard Hatch · Eleonora Brigliadori · James Mitchum · Daniel Greene

      

Easily, this is rarest of the Sergio Martino movies, often considered a lost film. It tells the story of Tony La Palma (Richard Hatch). He is now living in Kenya, working to protect wild 'big-game' animals from hunters and illegal poachers. However, Tony finds himself in mortal danger when a love affair ignites a very dark past with links to mayhem and murder.

Richard Hatch is best remembered for his portrayal of Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica (1978-79) and Tom Zarek in the Battlestar Galactica reboot (2004-09). Between those memorable SciFi TV shows, he went to Italy for a few feature films including Stelio Fiorenza's excellent Giallo DARK BAR and, of course, this solid actioner. Mr Hatch died from Pancreatic Cancer in February 2017. He was 71.

Sergio Martino is still active in the film business as of this writing (he was born in 1938) and has enjoyed much success in a wide variety of genres. Sergio is best known for his thrillers (i.e., ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A MINOR, TORSO), his Spaghetti Westerns (A MAN CALLED BLADE, ARIZONA COLT RETURNS) and his horror films (MOZART IS A MURDERER, GREAT ALLIGATOR, et al).

      

      

An Italian production in English language; Fully uncut 97 min, widescreen,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT
Extras include theatrical trailers.

      

SemiNudity/Violence
This film is intended for Mature Audiences