Jungle Man (film)
| Jungle Man | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Harry L. Fraser |
| Produced by |
Mervyn Freeman (associate producer) Ted Richmond (producer) George R. Batcheller Jr. |
| Written by | Rita Douglas (story and screenplay) |
| Starring | See below |
| Music by | Albeto Colombo |
| Cinematography |
Mervyn Freeman Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release dates | 19 September 1941 (premiere) |
Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Jungle Man is a 1941 American film directed by Harry L. Fraser and starring Buster Crabbe in his first of many films for Producers Releasing Corporation. He is reunited with Charles B. Middleton from the Flash Gordon serials. Cinematographer and associate producer Mervyn Freeman (1890–1965) was an experienced newsreel cameraman.
Plot summary
Bruce Kellogg and his friend Alex are off to Africa on an expedition to the "City of the Dead" that is actually footage of Angkor Wat. Bruce's fiancee Betty and her father decide to go along to visit her father's brother James who is a missionary in the same part of Africa. Arriving at the Rev Graham's home they meet Dr Hammond who has spent five years developing a serum to a deadly fever that rages in the area. The results of his work are placed on a freighter to America that has been sunk by a submarine.
As Alex and Bruce venture to the lost city, an epidemic of the fever rages in the territory.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Dr. Robert Hammond, aka Junga
- Charles B. Middleton as Rev. James Graham
- Sheila Darcy as Betty Graham
- Vince Barnett as Buckthorn the Guide
- Weldon Heyburn as Bruce Kellogg
- Robert Carson as Andy
- Paul Scott as William Graham
- Hal Price as Capt. Aleck
- Floyd Shackelford as Friday
Production
The film had the working title of King of the Tropics.[1] In 1951 it was retitled Drums of Africa as part of a package of PRC films now titled "Pictorial Films" that were sold to television.
Notes
- ↑ p.1248 Hanson, Patricia King & Dunkleberger, Amy AFI: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States : Feature Films 1941-1950 Indexes, Volumes 1-2; Volume 4 University of California Press, 01/06/1999
External links
- Jungle Man at the Internet Movie Database
- Jungle Man is available for free download at the Internet Archive