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
Fate Is the Hunter (film) adjacent 20th Century Fox Studios. Releasing a film about aircraft accidents, especially done in the melodramatic manner that the film employed, led to a curious reception from both critics and public. Bosley Crowther of "The New York Times," simply called it, "a stupid, annoying film". "Fate Is the Hunter" was nominated for a 1964 Academy Award in Best Cinematography (Black-and-white). An excerpt from the film was used in the 1980 comedy film "Airplane!" The film is also mentioned in the 1995 "JAG" episode "Pilot Error"; the protagonist, who is the lead investigator in a mishap, relates the film's plot to