Dr. Jim Hanlon (Robert Culp) is a zoologist working to study and save animals from poachers. Local guide Alec Burnett is in love with nurse Miss Arleigh. He and Jim clash over methods. He refuses to work for Jim. Then he gets a proposal to capture a pair of white rhinos for a $20k payday and takes a second look at Jim's method. As an outsider, Jim struggles with local customs and knowledge.
Is there such a thing as a spaghetti safari adventure? That's what this feels like. It is a bit of exoticism B-movie. Hanlon is a bit too dumb as a character. Maybe he should play up his book-smarts which could translate into a lack of street-smarts. That would be more endearing and less arrogant. Robert Culp isn't really the nerdy scientist type anyways. He is better by comparison to the incredibly annoying Alec. It is all encapsulated in the one scene. Arleigh is trying to be serious while he's laughing it off as they roll around on the ground. He refuses to listen to her or care about her thoughts while thinking it's some sort of foreplay. She doesn't come off that well either. None of them are coming off well. The movie tries to sell this as slapstick and it's all very annoying. During this era, this could be sold as animal-friendly. This does have the location and wild animals. That's something interesting.