Zanzibar
Directed by	Harold Schuster
Written by	Maurice Tombragel Maurice Wright
Produced by	Warren Douglas Ben Pivar
Starring	James Craig Lola Lane Eduardo Ciannelli
Cinematography	Milton R. Krasner
Edited by	Milton Carruth
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 8, 1940
Running time	70 mins
Country	United States
Language	English

Zanzibar is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Harold Schuster and starring James Craig, Lola Lane and Eduardo Ciannelli.^[1]

Plot

An expedition in Africa seeks a mysterious skull.

Cast

• Lola Lane as Jan Browning
• James Craig as Steve Marland
• Eduardo Ciannelli as Koski
• Tom Fadden as Rhad Ramsey
• Robert C. Fischer as The Sultan
• Henry Victor as Nate Simpson
• Clarence Muse as Bino
• Samuel S. Hinds as Dale
• Oscar O'Shea as Captain Craig
• Abner Biberman as Aba
• Lionel Pape as Michael Drayton
• Everett Brown as Umboga

Production

James Craig had just signed a contract with Universal. Lola Lane had leapt to fame in Four Daughters (1938). The film was originally known as River of Missing Men and started filming in December 1939.^[2][3]