Mister Moses

1965 • 113 minutes

About this movie

Joe Moses (Robert Mitchum) is thrown into a river by Africans he's attempting to swindle. When a missionary's daughter, Julie Anderson (Carroll Baker), rescues him, Joe agrees to convince the natives to leave before a dam floods their village. Trying to win the tribe over with a magic show, Joe sets a bush on fire to convince them he is the Old Testament's Moses. Despite the mistrust of Ubi (Raymond St. Jacques), the witch doctor's U.S.-educated son, Joe begins to lead the tribe to safety.