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A popular local dance song during the shoot was a
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to discover the ringleader behind the ivory smuggling. Payton tracks his quarry through some of the most treacherous passages of the
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has one key difference: its subject. It replaces the worthy concerns for animal welfare in Where No
Vultures Fly with a more contentious humanitarian question – the displacement of rural African tribes and their participation in ivory poaching. But it completely fudges the answer... Watt was
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noted: "Anthony Steel once again as the game warden Bob Payton. He shares the
Hollywood hero's ability to come through the most vicious fight with no more than a spotless handkerchief tied around one bulging bicep."
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had been one of the biggest hits at the
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