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Jungle Jim In The Forbidden Land (1952)

• Director
  • Lew Landers
• Writers
  • Samuel Newman(written for the screen by)
  • Alex Raymond(character creator)
• Stars
  • Johnny Weissmuller
  • Angela Greene
  • Jean Willes

  This 1952 programmer was the eighth entry in Columbia's profitable "Jungle Jim" series. Johnny Weissmuller, as ever, stars as pith-helmeted Jungle Jim, who this time must grapple with an avaricious ivory hunter. And that's not all: Jungle Jim is confronted by a legendary "giant man," actually a clever hoax cooked up by a tribe of mercenary natives to drive district commissioner Kingston (Lester Matthews) out of office. Columbia contractees Angela Greene and Jean Willes competently share the leading-lady chores. Fans of the "Jungle Jim" series were immensely satisfied by Forbidden Land, else why would Columbia turn out seven additional entries over the next three years?