Little Jungle Boy

Little Jungle Boy is a 1970 Australian television film

Little Jungle Boy
Directed byMende Brown
Written byMende Brown
Produced byMende Brown
StarringRahman Rahmin
CinematographyBrendan Brown
Edited byJackie Poynter
Music byLaurie Lewis
Production
companies
Mass-Brown Pictures
Artransa Park Films
Distributed bySeven Network
Release date
28 August 1970
Running time
90 minutes (includes overnight Seven News Updates/long ad breaks)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Doctors at a research centre in South East Asia discover a boy who appears to have grown up wild in the jungle. The boy faces hostility from people who want to kidnap him and a treacherous witchdoctor. Eventually the boy returns to the jungle.

Cast

  • Rahman Rahmin as Momman
  • Mike Dorsey as Doctor Mike Martin
  • Niki Huen as Doctor Niki Sung
  • Michael Pate as the Sultan
  • Noel Ferrier as Father John
  • Willie Fennell as Dr Barney O'Hara
  • Les Berryman

Production

The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting took place short after their first Australian film. Strange Holiday (1970), partly on location in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Artransa Studios in Sydney.[1]

Reception

The movie returned a comfortable profit to its investors.[1]

References

  1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p249


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