It was Garland""s comeback and self-referential film (after she had been dismissed from her lead role in MGM""sAnnie Get Your Gun (1950)for health problems), and then suffered from alcoholic binges and suicide attempts.They were captured after assaulting one of the townsmen and Mack (Claude Akins) threatened to lynch the two men, although Big Sam (Lon Chaney, Jr."Planning for a dangerous trip is James Parker (C.Aubrey Smith), leader of the African safari, and his young associate Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton).Parker""s daughter, the lovely English girl Jane Parker (Maureen O""Sullivan) arrives in Africa to be with her father and join him, but Parker thinks the trip will be too dangerous for her.The camera is positioned in the back seat of the convertible as the couple drives to the local Arlene""s Diner.