Jungle Manhunt

Jungle Manhunt
Film Poster
Directed by	Lew Landers
Written by	Samuel Newman
Based on	Jungle Jim 1934-1954 comic strip by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller Bob Waterfield
Cinematography	William Whitley
Edited by	Henry Batista
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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,

Plot

In 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. ^{[1] [2]}

Cast

• Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
• Bob Waterfield as Bob Miller
• Sheila Ryan as Anna Lawrence
• Rick Vallin as Matusa Chief Bono
• Lyle Talbot as Dr. Mitchell Heller
• Tamba as Tamba The Chimp

Production

The Dinosaurs featured in the movie as are stock footage from One Million BC). Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff

Home media

Released on DVD on March 4, 2011. ^[3]

Review

Leonard Martin gave the movie 1.5 out of 5 stars. ^[4] Variety found the movie to be typical of the genre, stating it was hokey and not aimed at adults. ^[5]

References

1. Jungle Manhunt: Film information Retrieved on July 24, 2007
2. "Jungle Manhunt".
3. "Jungle Manhunt". Amazon.
4. 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
5. 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

External links

• Jungle Manhunt at IMDb
• Jungle Manhunt at the TCM Movie Database
• Jungle Manhunt at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Review of film at Variety