White Witch Doctor (1953)
The story of a woman who followed a dream to the end of the earth ... and found a love that will live to the end of time !
96 min
Ellen Burton arrives in Africa to join Dr. Mary as her nurse, bringing modern medicine to the native peoples. Lonni Douglas, an animal wrangler and fortune hunter, agrees to take her upriver, despite his misgivings about her suitability for Africa. They battle escaped gorillas, hostile natives, infected lion wounds, and hostile witch doctors to reach their destination and on the way, they fall in love. Will their contrasting interests doom their romance?
- Release date
- July 1, 1953
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Susan Hayward as Ellen Burton
- Robert Mitchum as John 'Lonni' Douglas
- Walter Slezak as Huysman
- Mashood Ajala as Jacques
- Joseph C. Narcisse as Utembo
- Elzie Emanuel as Kapuka
- Timothy Carey as Jarrett
- Otis Greene as Bakuba boy
- Hattie Bailey
- Felix Bell
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- Ivan Goff · Writer
- Ben Roberts · Writer
- Louise A. Stinetorf · Writer
- Otto Lang · Producer
- Bernard Herrmann · Composer
- Leon Shamroy · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor