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Tag Archives: 1950s
Mark of the Gorilla (1950) William Berke, Johnny Weissmuller, Trudy Marshall, Suzanne Dalbert
Nazis dressed to look like Great Apes are looking for gold, and Jungle Jim must stop them. Read More »
Tammy and the Bachelor (1957) Joseph Pevney, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Leslie Nielsen
When Pete’s plane crashes in the swamp, he’s rescued by young Tammy Read More »
There Was a Young Lady (1953) Lawrence Huntington, Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Sydney Tafler
A super-efficient young secretary foils the plans of a gang of smash-and grab robbers. Read More »
The Witch / Noita palaa elämään (1952) Roland af Hällström, Mirja Mane, Toivo Mäkelä, Hillevi Lagerstam
Archaeological team unearths a body of a young woman, who was told to be a witch buried Read More »
Thunder in the Leaves / El trueno entre las hojas (1957) Armando Bo, Isabel Sarli, Andrés Lazlo
The arrival in a bakery of the young wife of the boss, where the laborers are exploited inhumanly Read More »
The Vanishing Prairie (1954) James Algar, Winston Hibler
The American prairie. A wondrous expanse teeming with life Read More »
Jungle Moon Men (1955) Charles S. Gould, Johnny Weissmuller, Jean Byron, Helene Stanton
Johnny Weissmuller accompanies writer Ellen Martson, archery-expert Bob Prentice Read More »
Pygmy Island (1950) William Berke, Johnny Weissmuller, Ann Savage, David Bruce
After Jungle Jim finds an American army captain’s dog tags among the remains of a dead pygmy Read More »
The Indian Tomb / Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »