Nor the Moon by Night is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Belinda Lee.

The title is a quote from the Old Testament passage (Psalm 121:6); "The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night."

A broken headlight caused by a crashed Land Rover starts a bush fire, and the humans try to beat it out as the wildlife stampedes to escape.

[3] In the late 1950s, the Rank Organisation made a series of adventure films in colour shot on location which were aimed at the international audience.

These included The Black Tent, Robbery Under Arms, Ferry to Hong Kong, Campbell's Kingdom and Nor the Moon by Night.

[4][5] He later wrote "At this period, both Guy and I believed we could turn almost any material into a viable screenplay, and the opportunity to travel again and make a movie with the easygoing John Stafford finally swept away any scruples I had.

"[6] Packer says producer John Stafford flew out to South Africa to meet with her and secure her help in making the movie.

[8] Filmink said "Lee’s part was in the "sensible girl" realm, a spinster who discovers love on the veldt in between being attacked by wildlife.

"[9] Annakin later wrote "our great coup was supposed to be Belinda Lee, a very beautiful model, who had been picked up by Rank and was now regarded, at least by John Davis, as their ‘Big Attraction’.

[14] The bulk of location shooting took place in the Valley of a Thousand Hills near Durban, with second unit work involving animals hear Johannesburg.

Belinda Lee left the unit during the shoot to see her married lover in Italy who had been threatening to kill himself; they both attempted suicide.

[17] The cast and crew consistently fell sick, with snake and spider bites, heat exhaustion, dysentery, rheumatism and chest complaints the chief cause.

Questions were asked in South African parliament whether Lee was given special treatment to get into the country as a customs and immigration officer went to meet her on the plane at Johannesburg airport so she could avoid the press.

"[24] He elaborated " as I had always suspected, it could never make a great statement about Africa, but after shooting a new ending, the result was passable entertainment.