Jungle Moon Men (1955)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Charles S. Gould

Writers:

Jo Pagano (story)
Jo Pagano (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

April 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

SAVAGE THRILL-ADVENTURE ON THE DARK CONTINENT! (original ad-all caps)

Plot:

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan"...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Africa | Diamond | Trader | Pygmy

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller	...	Johnny Weissmuller
Jean Byron	...	Ellen Marsten
Helene Stanton	...	Oma (as Helen Stanton)
William Henry	...	Bob Prentice (as Bill Henry)
Myron Healey	...	Mark Santo
Billy Curtis	...	Damu
Michael Granger	...	Nolimo
Frank Sully	...	Max
Ben Chapman	...	Marro (as Benjamin F. Chapman Jr.)
K.L. Smith	...	Link (as Kenneth L. Smith)
Ed Hinton	...	Regan

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White (Sepiatone)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #17052) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Clover Productions

Goofs:

Continuity: In an early scene, native Marro is attacked by a band of pygmies in order to drug and capture him. He's struck by a poison dart on an area of his upper chest that was covered directly by his shield.

Movie Connections:

Follows Voodoo Tiger (1952)

Maybe not the bottom of the barrel, but it gets close.

No matter what you expect "jungle moon men" to be, you'll likely be disappointed. Your imagination is probably better than that of the filmmakers. Johnny Weissmuller is playing a character named Johnny Weissmuller here, but twenty years as Tarzan and Jungle Jim doesn't seem to have taught him much about acting. At least Jean Byron as an intrepid author and Helene Stanton as some kind of high priestess are both attractive. That gives you a little something worth paying attention to in this dismal flick.