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Little Jungle Boy
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Wikipedia article
'Little Jungle Boy' is a 1970 Australian television film
Plot
Doctors at a research centre in South East Asia discover a boy who appears to have grown up wild in the jungle. The boy faces hostility from people who want to kidnap him and a treacherous witchdoctor. Eventually the boy returns to the jungle.
Cast
*Rahman Rahmin as Momman
*Mike Dorsey as Doctor Mike Martin
*Niki Huen as Doctor Niki Sung
*Michael Pate as the Sultan
*Noel Ferrier as Father John
*Willie Fennell as Dr Barney O'Hara
*Les Berryman
Production
The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting took place short after their first Australian film. 'Strange Holiday' (1970), partly on location in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Artransa Studios in Sydney.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p249
Reception
The movie returned a comfortable profit to its investors.
References
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