Word of the theft quickly reaches Major Plankett, Kramer's former security chief, who lost his position to Karl and swears revenge.

[6] The New York Times wrote, "The film evolves as a tongue-in-cheek, campy chase through Senegal's bush country, where it was shot in lovely pastel shades...Mr. Welles, looking like Buddha, swilling whisky, speaking in a pseudo-Cockney accent and perspiring in a white hunter's getup, lazily adds to the lampoon.

"The Southern Star" does just that, even if it isn't funny enough during a good deal of the trek";[7] The Los Angeles Times said the film "wisely plays it for laughs" and was "not particularly well made".

[8] The Radio Times noted a "Splendidly photographed African adventure filmed on authentic Senegalese locations, but alas bearing the curse of the international co-production.

Underrated editor-turned-director Sidney Hayers tries to pull together the Jules Verne-inspired plot and a cast that verges on the preposterous, headed by George Segal (far too urban for this type of trek), the ravishingly lovely Ursula Andress, and the great Orson Welles, who was obviously in need of the money.