Jungle Girl (1941)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Directors:

John English
William Witney

Writers:

Alfred Batson (writer)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (novel)

Release Date:

21 June 1941 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

A JUNGLE PRINCESS RULES THE WILDS OF AN UNTAMED AFRICAN EMPIRE! (original ad - all caps)

Plot:

Dr. John Meredith (Trevor Bardette) has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Amulet | Diamond | Witch Doctor | Serial

Cast

Frances Gifford	...	Nyoka Meredith
Tom Neal	...	Jack Stanton
Trevor Bardette	...	Dr. John Meredith / Bradley Meredith
Gerald Mohr	...	Slick Latimer
Eddie Acuff	...	Curly Rogers
Frank Lackteen	...	Shamba
Tommy Cook	...	Kimbu
Robert Barron	...	Bombo
Al Kikume	...	Chief Lutembi [Chs. 1, 4-6]
Bud Geary	...	Brock
Al Taylor	...	Claggett
Joe McGuinn	...	Ted Bone
Jerry Frank	...	The Lion Chief
Ken Terrell	...	Mananga (as Kenneth Terrell)

Also Known As:

Edgar Rice Burrough's Jungle Girl (USA) (informal alternative title)

Runtime:

(15 episodes) | France:180 min (2 parts) | USA:267 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #7148) | USA:Passed (British Film Censors) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-12 | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures (I)

Trivia:

Print from VCI Entertainment is from British Lion Films.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Foremost "native" drummer in opening credits has an vaccination scar on left arm.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Good stories need bad villains.

I was a grammar school student (grades 1-6) when this serial," Jungle Girl", was shown on Saturday afternoons in our neighborhood Fairfax Theater in Jacksonville, Florida. My friend Stewart and I loved this serial and we also were enthralled by the "The Batman" serial. A "Dick Tracy" serial was also shown around the same period. But Jungle Girl was the best of them all. Every adventure story needs a good villain and Slick Latimer, played by Gerald Mohr was outstanding. I never realized that he even had a first name until I saw the reviews here on IMDb. We kids just called him "Latimer" and we hated his guts. Each week for fifteen episodes this conniving snake would betray the beloved Nyoka and her friends Jack and Curley. Then the evil Latimer would slip us kids in the audience this sly smirk. It was a masterpiece of infuriation that made us so mad we were ready to chew the upholstery out of the arm rests. A few years ago I rented the original "Red Planet" movie which starred Gerald Mohr. After 50 years I had forgiven him. Well after all, he was now a good guy.