Law of the Jungle (1942 film)

Law of the Jungle
Law of the Jungle
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Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	George Bricker (original screenplay); Edmond Kelso (additional dialogue);
Produced by	Lindsley Parsons (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	1942;
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Law of the Jungle is a 1942 American adventure film directed by Jean Yarbrough.

Plot

An American singer, Nona Brooks, is stranded at a hotel in a British West African colony (implicitly from dialogue, Sierra Leone)^[1] because her passport is missing. It turns out agents of Nazi Germany, in collaboration with corrupt/sleazy hotel owner Simmons, have stolen her papers, then try to use her for their nefarious schemes.

Brooks flees and encounters American paleontologist Larry Mason in the jungle. He and his assistant Jefferson Jones give her shelter, then fend off unfriendly natives while Simmons is murdered by the villainous German agents. All looks hopeless until the tribal chief turns out to be a reasonable, Oxford-educated man who helps Larry and Nona out of their jam.

Cast

Arline Judge as Nona Brooks
John 'Dusty' King as Larry Mason
Mantan Moreland as Jefferson 'Jeff' Jones
Arthur O'Connell as Simmons
C. Montague Shaw as Sgt. Burke
Guy Kingsford as Constable Whiteside
Laurence Criner as Chief Mojobo - an Oxford Graduate
Victor Kendall as Grozman
Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. as Belts
Martin Wilkins as Bongo

Soundtrack

Arline Judge - "Jungle Moon" (Written by Edward J. Kay as Edward Kay)

References

^ On screen dialogue makes reference to "going up the coast to Freetown."

External links

Law of the Jungle at IMDb
Law of the Jungle is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive

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[1] On screen dialogue makes reference to "going up the coast to Freetown."

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