Extras: None
Disc type: DVD
No. of discs: 3
Running time: 347
Audio format: 2.0 Mono (Dual Mono)
Format: NTSC
Colour: Black & White
Languages: English
Aspect ratio: 4:3
Image ratio: 1.33:1
Subtitles: None
Year of Production: 1949-1951
Release Date: 06 January 2021
Description
This is the second volume for The Jungle Jim Movie Collection (3 disc set).
Johnny Weissmuller starred in a series of films as Jungle Jim, a character first depicted in a comic strip by Alex Raymond (creator of Flash Gordon) and Don Moore. Weissmuller played a hunter with a deep knowledge of the Indigenous people of the area, its land, and animals. Most often Jim faced off against evil and greedy scientists who were attempting to exploit the region, its people, or resources for profit.
DISC 1:
The Lost Tribe (1949)
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
Director: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo
Pygmy Island (1950)
Jungle Jim heads a search for missing WAC Captain Ann Kingsley; a white midget plays Tembo, the pygmy chief.
Director: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, David Bruce
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, David Bruce
DISC 2:
Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them.
Director: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, Suzanne Dalbert
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, Suzanne Dalbert
Captive Girl (1950)
Jungle Jim is out to save Joan Martindale from an evil witch doctor whilst simultaneously fighting Barton, an evil treasure hunter.
Director: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest
DISC 3:
Jungle Manhunt (1951)
Football player Bob Miller, played by an actual football player, is lost in the jungle. Who else to find him but Jungle Jim.
Director: Lew Landers
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Robert Waterfield, Sheila Ryan
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Robert Waterfield, Sheila Ryan
