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Wikipedia article'Jungle Manhunt' is a 1951 adventure film written by Samuel Newman and directed by Lew Landers. It was the seventh entry in the "Jungle Jim" series of films starring Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. Based on the comic strip "Jungle Jim" created by Alex Raymond, PlotIn the African jungles, local tribes are terrorized by costumed skeleton people who kidnap the men of a local village. However, Bono. the local chieftain is able to escape. Jungle Jim rescues a photographer, Anne Lawrence, when her boat overturns She explains that she is searching for football player Bob Miller (played by real-life footballer Bob Waterfield) and enlists Jim to help with her search. Bono, looking for his tribesmen, agrees to join the search as both trails seem to lead to the same place. They subsequently stumble upon a crazed doctor who has been kidnapping villagers to work in a radioactive mine, where he has discovered a way of making diamonds out of mineral rocks, The group manages to stop the doctor's plan by exploding the mine. Bob and Anne agree to stay in the village to continue with improvements.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043694/ Jungle Manhunt: Film information] Retrieved on July 24, 2007 Cast*Johnny Weissmuller ... Jungle Jim *Bob Waterfield ... Bob Miller *Sheila Ryan ... Anna Lawrence *Rick Vallin ... Matusa Chief Bono *Lyle Talbot ... Dr. Mitchell Heller *Tamba the Chimp ProductionThe Dinosaurs featured in the movie as are stock footage from One Million BC). Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff Home mediaReleased on DVD on March 4, 2011. ReviewLeonard Martin gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 stars.LEONARD MALTIN CLASSIC MOVIE GUIDE, (2010). PENGUIN GROUP Retrieved on 7-28-2020 https://www.bing.com/search?form=MOZLBR&pc=MOZD&q=leonard+martin+movie+review+jungle+manhunt Variety found the movie to be typical of the genre, stating it was hokey and not aimed at adults.Variety ( October 3, 1951) Jungle Manhunt. Retrieved 7/282020 https://archive.org/details/variety184-1951-10-03/page/n20/mode/1up?q=%22jungle+jim%22 References | |
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