***SPOILERS***The film "Night of the Askari" or it's US title "The Albino" plays along the lines of the 1956 western classic "The Searchers" With John Wayne and Natalie Wood. The movie has this albino African terrorist Whispering Death played by Horst Frank looking with his tons of makeup on like an over bloated Steve McQueen. It's Whispering Death who's got the local natives going on a rampage in rural Rhodesia circa 1964 against the white settler and government. The military official in the area Mr. Bill, Christopher Lee, has his hands full when the albino, or whispering Death, raids the home of white Rhodesian army officer Terick Handel, James Faulkner, brutally raping and murdering his wife Sally played by the not quite yet filled out, you can see that by the one nude scene she has in the movie, in the chest area the beautiful Sybil Danning.
With his boss Mr. Bill ordering Terick to bring 'Whispering Death" in alive if at all possible he's instead determining to make him pay with his life for murdering and raping his wife Sally. Together with his loyal African native guide Katchemu, Sam Williams, Terick goes out in the Rhodesan hills and countryside looking to kill "Whispering Death" and his band of terrorists. Not to bring them in, if at all possible, alive like Mr. Bill ordered him to. This in fact puts both Terick and Katchemu in the cross hairs of the white Rhodesian soldiers who are ordered to stop them, with deadly force if possible, before they instigate a major native uprising by killing Whispering Death, who's looked upon as a God by the local native tribes, against their white government and military officials as well as the white settlers in the area!
****SPOILERS**** With all his men killed and capture Whispering Death is now on his own with a vengeful Terick hot on his tail. The ending of the movie isn't pretty with Whispering Death now wounded and exhausted from running is finally put away by Terick only to have him getting himself surrounded by Mr. Bill's white Rhodesian troops. Terick ends up being given the send off that he so rightfully earned by not following Mr. Bill's strict orders to do everything possible to bring Whispering Death back alive! Also Terick didn't quite help his own cause by him pointing his rifle at the troops, instead of raising his hands and giving himself up, that just about sealed his fate!
With his boss Mr. Bill ordering Terick to bring 'Whispering Death" in alive if at all possible he's instead determining to make him pay with his life for murdering and raping his wife Sally. Together with his loyal African native guide Katchemu, Sam Williams, Terick goes out in the Rhodesan hills and countryside looking to kill "Whispering Death" and his band of terrorists. Not to bring them in, if at all possible, alive like Mr. Bill ordered him to. This in fact puts both Terick and Katchemu in the cross hairs of the white Rhodesian soldiers who are ordered to stop them, with deadly force if possible, before they instigate a major native uprising by killing Whispering Death, who's looked upon as a God by the local native tribes, against their white government and military officials as well as the white settlers in the area!
****SPOILERS**** With all his men killed and capture Whispering Death is now on his own with a vengeful Terick hot on his tail. The ending of the movie isn't pretty with Whispering Death now wounded and exhausted from running is finally put away by Terick only to have him getting himself surrounded by Mr. Bill's white Rhodesian troops. Terick ends up being given the send off that he so rightfully earned by not following Mr. Bill's strict orders to do everything possible to bring Whispering Death back alive! Also Terick didn't quite help his own cause by him pointing his rifle at the troops, instead of raising his hands and giving himself up, that just about sealed his fate!