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Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932)

APPROVED 65 min  -  Adventure | Documentary  -   19 August 1932 (USA)
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American animal trapper Frank Buck travels with Ali, his "number one boy," on an expedition into the Malayan jungle... See full summary »

Director:

Clyde E. Elliott

Writers:

Frank Buck (book), Edward Anthony (book)

Stars:

Frank Buck
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Frank Buck Frank Buck ...
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Storyline

American animal trapper Frank Buck travels with Ali, his "number one boy," on an expedition into the Malayan jungle. From their jungle headquarters just north of Singapore, Frank, Ali and a team of native helpers roam the area from Northern Johore to Perak in search of interesting wild animals, reptiles and birds. Hoping to find a tiger, Buck captures a monitor lizard and a black leopard, while another black leopard narrowly escapes an encounter with a giant python and then battles a bigger and stronger tiger. After trapping a spotted leopard, Frank adopts a baby honey bear and a baby elephant. The team catches an orangutan, but the tiger eludes their camouflaged pit. Meanwhile, Frank visits the "bathing festival" of a local tribe and watches as tribesmen kill an intruding spotted leopard with blow darts. The tiger then meets an enormous regal python, who has just crushed a crocodile, and fights to a draw with it. Written by Fiona Kelleghan <fkelleghan@aol.com>  

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Leopard | Tiger | Jungle | Python | Native  | See more »

Genres:

Adventure | Documentary

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Frank Buck's Bring 'Em Back Alive See more »

Filming Locations:

Malaya See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Van Beuren Studios See more »
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Technical Specs

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Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

When the Motion Picture Herald reviewer doubted the authenticity of the animal fight sequences, Terry Ramsaye, editor of Motion Picture Herald, defended the film's authenticity, claiming that the animal action was all shot "in a compound adjacent to the city of Singapore, in the Straits Settlements." Ramsaye added, "The scenes staged and recorded in the compound may be accepted as dramatically reasonable reconstructions of what actually happens in the open jungle." See more »

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There is no cast list, but Frank Buck is credited as narrator
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Connections

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Mitchell (#6.12)" (1993) See more »