Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land
Jungle jim in the forbidden land poster.jpg
Film Poster
Directed by Lew Landers
Written bySamuel Newman
Screenplay by Alex Raymond
Based on Jungle Jim
1934-1954 comic strip
by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced by Sam Katzman
Starring Johnny Weissmuller
Angela Greene
Cinematography Fayte M. Browne
Edited by Henry Batista
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
The Katzman Corporation
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date
  • March 17, 1952 (1952-03-17)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land is a 1952 American black-and-white adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Samuel Newman, and starring Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. This was the eighth entry in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. Angela Greene and Jean Willes also star.

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Plot summary

Jungle Jim battles evil ivory poachers, mutant giants, stock footage, and cheap sets with the help of a pretty anthropologist and his cute chimp Tamba.

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