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Mogambo

1953 film directed by John Ford
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Mogambo
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Summary

Mogambo is a film[1]. Mogambo ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,821 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture[3], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4]
  • Director: John Ford[5]
  • Screenwriter: John Lee Mahin[6], Wilson Collison[7]
  • Composer: Robert Burns[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9], romance film[10], adventure film[11]
  • Cast member: Clark Gable[12], Ava Gardner[13], Grace Kelly[14], Donald Sinden[15], Laurence Naismith[16], Denis O'Dea[17], Eric Pohlmann[18], Philip Stainton[19]
  • Producer: Sam Zimbalist[20]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[21]
  • Director of photography: Robert L. Surtees[22], Freddie Young[23]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[24]
  • Commons category: Mogambo (film)[25]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[26]
  • Review score: 6/10[27], 75%[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: United States[30], United Kingdom[31]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1953[32]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[33], Netflix[34]
  • Narrative location: Africa[35]
  • Filming location: Kenya[36], Hertfordshire[37]
  • Film editor: Frank Clarke[38]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[39], Academy Award for Best Actress[40], Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture[41], BAFTA Award for Best Film[42]
  • Title: Mogambo[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 111 minutes[45]
  • Costume designer: Helen Rose[46]

Why It Matters

Mogambo has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Mogambo is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

FAQs

What awards did Mogambo receive?

Honors received include Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture[3] and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[4].

Related Entities

Ava Gardner Clark Gable film Grace Kelly John Ford Kenya Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Netflix Robert Burns United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . Online-Filmdatenbank. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', '
    Ampas collections film id → W061068
    Sitelink count → 37
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 10128
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  3. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1953-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Lee Mahin, Wilson Collison
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+111'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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