Kaadu (1952 film)

Kaadu or The Jungle is a 1952 Indian-American aventure film directed by William Berke. Mr. T. R. Sundaram (The Modern Theatres Ltd) & William Berke Production. It stars Rod Cameron, Cesar Romero, Marie Windsor and M.N. Nambiar in lead roles. The film was the first science fiction film in India. Kaadu was released on 1 August 1952.[1][2]

This article is about the 1952 film. For other uses, see Kaadu.

Kaadu (The Jungle)
American poster
Directed byWilliam Berke
Ellis Dungan
Produced byT. R. Sundaram ( The Modern Theatres Ltd)
William Berke
Ellis Dungan
Robert L. Lippert
StarringRod Cameron
Cesar Romero
Marie Windsor
M. N. Nambiar
CinematographyClyde De Vinna
Edited byL. Balu
Music byG. Ramanathan
Production
company
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release date
  • 1 August 1952 (1952-08-01)
Running time
73 min
CountriesIndia
United States
LanguagesTamil
English

Plot

A great white hunter and an Indian princess trek into the Indian jungle to investigate a number of wild animal stampedes which have resulted in the deaths of many people. On their journey, they discover a herd of prehistoric woolly mammoths are responsible for the terror.

Cast

Critical reception

Writing in Allmovie, author and critic Hal Erickson described the film as "lots of lovely scenery and fascinating glimpses of Indian wildlife, but not much in the way of plot".[3]

See also

References
  1. "Topics". Archived from the original on 12 July 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  2. "India's Hollywood Takeaway". Archived from the original on 10 February 2007. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
  3. Erickson, Hall. "The Jungle (1952)". AllMovie. Retrieved 8 March 2022.


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