Indy is ordered to locate and destroy a powerful German artillery gun that is mysteriously able to appear and disappear at will, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Assisting him is a colorful group of soldiers nicknamed "The Old and the Bold" because of their old age and reckless courage. Their mission takes them on a dangerous journey across the German-held veldt via wagon train and hot-air balloon. Overcoming all manner of obstacles presented by the enemy, his own side and the harsh African terrain, Indy relentlessly follows the trail of the mega-gun right into the bowels of a secret mountain hideout, where he plans an explosive end for the phantom train of doom.
Practical Effects
That actual full-scale train and balloon sequences—1999 CGI who?
Acting
Ronald Fraser's drunk Scottish grandpa energy steals every scene.
Director
Peter MacDonald
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edited from two episodes of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles—'German East Africa, December 1916' and 'Congo, January 1917'—hence the slightly disjointed balloon-to-train whiplash pacing.
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was a real German general who famously never surrendered in WWI; the film's sympathetic portrayal ignores his postwar Nazi sympathies. Oops.
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