Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
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Gregory Gaye
- Leroux
- (as Gregory Gay)
Vince Townsend Jr.
- Chief Boganda
- (as Vince M. Townsend Jr.)
John Merton
- French Ship's Crewman
- (uncredited)
Woody Strode
- One of Native Escorts to Biplane
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- GoofsAt one point Jungle Jim mentions to Inspector Bernard that in just a few more miles they'll hit the coast just below Nairobi. Nairobi is located in the highlands of southern Kenya, which is bordered on the south by the country of Tanzania, known as Tanganyika when the movie was made.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Cannibal Attack (1954)
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Jim of the jungle
Johnny Weissmuller moved from Tarzan to Jungle Jim movies which itself is based on a comic strip. Weissmuller was getting a bit long in the tooth and a bit pot-bellied to swing on some vine-ropes.
Jungle Man Eaters is less to do with man eating lions and more to do with diamond smuggling. Although Weissmuller gets in with a few scuffles with some wild animals or stuffed animals just to remind the audience that this is a Tarzan wannabee complete with plenty of stock footage from Africa and other safari films.
The stock footage looks like padding, the plot is silly as the leader of the gang somehow manufactures diamonds with some mumbo jumbo science and the fight scene with the lion looks stupid as Weissmuller is unscathed despite getting pushed around by the lion.
I heard about the Jungle Jim films for years but only recently saw them and they certainly lack the charm of the Tarzan films.
Jungle Man Eaters is less to do with man eating lions and more to do with diamond smuggling. Although Weissmuller gets in with a few scuffles with some wild animals or stuffed animals just to remind the audience that this is a Tarzan wannabee complete with plenty of stock footage from Africa and other safari films.
The stock footage looks like padding, the plot is silly as the leader of the gang somehow manufactures diamonds with some mumbo jumbo science and the fight scene with the lion looks stupid as Weissmuller is unscathed despite getting pushed around by the lion.
I heard about the Jungle Jim films for years but only recently saw them and they certainly lack the charm of the Tarzan films.
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- Prismark10
- Aug 14, 2014
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- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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