Description
This is the first 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.
Jungle Jim (1948)
Scientist Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards joins the quest but is actually after gold and buried treasure.
Director: William Berke
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller. Virginia Grey, George Reeves
Voodoo Tiger (1952)
Jungle Jim helps an attractive research writer for the British museum clear up the mystery of a tiger cult in Africa while thwarting art thieves and bringing to justice a Nazi war criminal.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, James Seay
Savage Mutiny (1953)
Jungle Jim tries to relocate African natives so that the atom bomb can be tested on their island. Enemy agents interfere.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Lester Matthews
Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth, Richard Stapley
Cannibal Attack (1954)
Johnny Weissmuller fights enemy agents who are trying to steal cobalt while disguised as crocodiles.
Director: Lee Sholem
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Judy Walsh, David Bruce
Devil Goddess (1955)
Jungle Jim-type Johnny Weissmuller helps Professor Blakely look for a missing colleague who is now playing "god" for a bunch of natives.
Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet
Cast: Johnny Weissmuller, Angela Stevens, Selmer Jackson
