Mogambo (Episode 43) - Hot Date with Dan and Vicky

Hot Date with Dan and Vicky · Jan 13, 2017 · 1h 18m

Director John Ford hadn't seen the film Red Dust when he agreed to direct its 1953 remake Mogambo but was intrigued by the challenge of bringing his skills with filming the wide open spaces of the American West to the African serengeti. For his male lead he chose Clark Gable, in desperate need of a hit in his middle age. Ava Gardner, who brought along contentious boyfriend Frank Sinatra to the African location shoot, and Grace Kelly, rumored to have started a torrid affair with Gable, played the love interests.

Besides discussing the steamy and wild Mogambo and some of the backstage tensions…