White Hunter Black Heart Eastwood, is based on real-life director John Huston. Jeff Fahey plays Pete Verrill, a character based on Viertel. George Dzundza's character is based on "African Queen" producer Sam Spiegel. Marisa Berenson's character Kay Gibson and Richard Vanstone's character Phil Duncan, are based on Katharine Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart, respectively. This was the last film that James Bridges worked on writing down a screenplay before dying in 1993. In the early 1950s, world-renowned film-maker John Wilson travels to Africa for his next film bringing with him a young writer chum named Pete Verrill. Part of his travel plans include hunting elephants
Clint Eastwood in the 1950s Brinks robbery that would mark the debut of actor Sal Mineo. Director Joseph Pevney was not impressed by his acting and rejected him for any role. Later he tried out for "Brigadoon", "The Constant Nymph", "Bengal Brigade" and "The Seven Year Itch" in May 1954, "Sign of the Pagan" (June), "Smoke Signal" (August) and "Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops" (September), all without success. Eastwood was eventually given a minor role by director Jack Arnold in the film "Revenge of the Creature", a film set in the Amazon jungle, which was the sequel to "The Creature from the Black