Perils of the Jungle (1953)
HIS GREAT AFRICAN ADVENTURE!
63 min
On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman, who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs, a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind.
- Release date
- March 19, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Clyde Beatty as Clyde Beatty
- Stanley Farrar as Grant
- Phyllis Coates as Jo Carter
- John Doucette as Gorman
- Leonard Mudie as Grubbs
- Joel Fluellen as Kenny
- Roy Glenn as Korjah
- Olaf Hytten as Mac
- Tudor Owen as Commissioner
- Shelby Bacon as Boy King
Crew
- George Blair · Director
- Frank Hart Taussig · Writer
- Robert T. Smith · Writer
- Walter White Jr. · Producer
- E.J. Nicholson · Cinematographer
- Robert B. Warwick Jr. · Editor