Starring Robert Lowery, Patricia Morison, J. Edward Bromberg, John Miljan, Amira Moustafa
Directed by Edward F. Finney
(actor & director credits courtesy IMDB.com)
A young woman journeys to Africa in search of her fiancee, who disappeared on a jungle safari while investigating reports of contraband ivory being sold.
As dated jungle dramas mixing footage of white actors with stock footage of wild animals and native tribesmen go, this isn't the worst, and there's some care taken to incorporate some actual trained animals into scenes with the principal actors. There's not much exciting going on however, and attempts to mine humor from a crow and a mischievous monkey are pretty weak. Lowery, Morison, and Bromberg are capable enough actors, but the script doesn't give them enough to do, particularly Morison whose character shows off sharp shooting skills, but then stereotypically stands by helpless when Lowery is attacked. Bromberg is given a memorable quirk of quoting verse, and displays some charm playing a talkative safari cook, but is hardly heard from again until the climax. The film's still watchable and isn't as racist as other jungle pictures, but it's not worth recommending.
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