Jungle Jim heads a search for missing WAC Captain Ann Kingsley; a white midget plays Tembo, the pygmy chief.Jungle Jim heads a search for missing WAC Captain Ann Kingsley; a white midget plays Tembo, the pygmy chief.Jungle Jim heads a search for missing WAC Captain Ann Kingsley; a white midget plays Tembo, the pygmy chief.
Tristram Coffin
- Novak
- (as Tris Coffin)
Billy Barty
- Kimba
- (uncredited)
Steve Calvert
- Gorilla
- (uncredited)
Tommy Farrell
- Captain
- (uncredited)
John George
- Pygmy in Rescue Party
- (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
- Army Officer at Pentagon
- (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
- Lucas
- (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto
- Pygmy in Cave
- (uncredited)
Larry Steers
- Officer at Pentagon Meeting
- (uncredited)
Tamba
- Tamba the chimp
- (uncredited)
Rusty Wescoatt
- Anders
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- GoofsWhen Jungle Jim finds the captain's dog tags, he reads, "A.R. Kingsley, Captain, U.S. Army". However, a shot of the dog tag before he reads it shows that the only thing printed on it was "A.R. Kingsley" followed by a serial number.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Fury of the Congo (1951)
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Dreadful - but may make you laugh in places
I enjoyed the early Weissmuller Tarzan films. This is my first Jungle Jim and it will be my last, just an excuse to get the ageing star back into the jungle, now fully clothed, to swim around, stab rubber alligators and 'fight' bad guys, exclusively with huge roundhouse swings. The laughs come in the unrelenting silliness of it all. There is no 'island' and no 'pygmies', just a bunch of white dwarf actors. A female army captain has disappeared on an expedition to find some plants for a ridiculous reason, another expedition has been sent after her, guided by JJ, and foreign agents provide the opposition.
This film takes sexism to new lows. At one point two villains are to be dealt with. A few roundhouse swings from Jim takes care of one, while tall, athletic-looking Ann Savage watches on, while a male 'pygmy' the size of an average six-year-old overpowers the other. On another occasion, now armed with a pistol, she is told by Jim to 'wait by the jeep' while he and the soldiers go off to do the business, and a little later a three foot 'pygmy' tells her the same thing. Both times she does as ordered without a murmur. Some captain.
This film takes sexism to new lows. At one point two villains are to be dealt with. A few roundhouse swings from Jim takes care of one, while tall, athletic-looking Ann Savage watches on, while a male 'pygmy' the size of an average six-year-old overpowers the other. On another occasion, now armed with a pistol, she is told by Jim to 'wait by the jeep' while he and the soldiers go off to do the business, and a little later a three foot 'pygmy' tells her the same thing. Both times she does as ordered without a murmur. Some captain.
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- Buschteufel im Dschungel
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- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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