Jungle Jim (serial)
Jungle Jim is a 1937 Universal serial film based on Jungle Jim, the comic strip by Alex Raymond. Grant Withers starred as Jungle Jim, and Henry Brandon played the villainous Cobra.
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| Directed by | Ford Beebe Clifford Smith (as Cliff Smith) |
| Screenplay by | Wyndham Gittens Norman S. Hall Ray Trampe |
| Based on | Alex Raymond (comic strip by) |
| Produced by | Ben Koenig Henry MacRae |
| Starring | Grant Withers Betty Jane Rhodes Raymond Hatton Evelyn Brent Harry Brandon |
| Cinematography | Jerome Ash (as Jerry Ash) |
| Edited by | Louis Sackin Alvin Todd Edward Todd |
Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (232 minutes) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Two safaris enter the African jungle intent on finding a white girl who is the heiress to a fortune. One safari, led by Jungle Jim, wants to make sure she gets the news that she is now a rich woman and escort her back to civilisation. The leaders of the other safari want to kill the girl so they can try to get hold of her inheritance themselves...
Cast
- Grant Withers as Jungle Jim
- Betty Jane Rhodes as Joan
- Raymond Hatton as Malay Mike
- Evelyn Brent as Shanghai Lil
- Henry Brandon as The Cobra
- Bryant Washburn as Bruce Redmond
- Claude King as Territorial Consul Gilbert [Ch.1]
- Selmer Jackson as Attorney Tyler [Ch.1] (as Selmar Jackson)
- Al Bridge as Slade
- Paul Sutton as LaBat [Chs.1-6]
- Al Duvall as Kolu
- Frank Mayo as Tom Redmond [Ch.1]
- J.P. McGowan as Ship Captain J.S. Robinson [Ch.1]
- Frank McGlynn Jr. as Red Hallihan [Ch.1]
Chapter titles
- Into the Lion's Den
- The Cobra Strikes
- The Menacing Hand
- The Killer's Trail
- The Bridge of Terror
- Drums of Doom
- The Earth Trembles
- The Killer Lion
- The Devil Bird
- Descending Doom
- In the Cobra's Castle
- The Last Safari[1]
See also
References
- Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. pp. 216. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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