Africa Express is a lowbrow comedy made by the Italians, shot in Africa, and badly dubbed into English. It stars western actor Giuliano Gemma playing an adventurer trying to make some cash. He hooks up with Bond girl Ursula Andress as the pair elude a sinister big game hunter, played by the reliably entertaining Jack Palance. The film is an episodic adventure with all of the usual - i.e. clichéd - situations involving local natives and local wildlife. I found it all pretty dumb, if I'm honest, with little in the way of wit or insight to entertain. Gemma tries hard to charm but feels a bit lightweight while Andress is there as a clothes horse alone. Only Palance entertains in his small role. This is one of those films you sit through for the sake of the actors but get little from overall. Interestingly, Gemma's companion in this film is a chimpanzee, so this might have influenced the famous Eastwood pic EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.
Review of Africa Express
