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Her Jungle Love (1938)

APPROVED 81 min  -  Action | Adventure | Music  -   15 April 1938 (USA)
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While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught in a typhoon and crack up on an island... See full summary »

Writers:

Gerald Geraghty (story), Curt Siodmak (story), and 3 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Dorothy Lamour ...
Tura
Ray Milland ...
Bob Mitchell
Lynne Overman Lynne Overman ...
Jimmy Wallace
J. Carrol Naish J. Carrol Naish ...
Kuasa
Virginia Vale Virginia Vale ...
Eleanor Martin (as Dorothy Howe)
Jonathan Hale Jonathan Hale ...
J.C. Martin
Archie Twitchell Archie Twitchell ...
Roy Atkins
Edward Earle Edward Earle ...
Capt. Avery
Sonny Chorre Sonny Chorre ...
Guard
Tony Urchel Tony Urchel ...
Guard
Richard Denning Richard Denning ...
Pilot
Phil Warren Phil Warren ...
Pilot (as Philip Warren)
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Storyline

While searching the South Pacific for a missing aviator, Bob Mitchell and Jimmy Wallace are caught in a typhoon and crack up on an island, escaping unharmed with the aid of Tura, a beautiful jungle girl who is the only inhabitant of the island and is believed a goddess by the natives of the adjoining islands. The three are about to leave the island on a make-shift raft when a gang of savage tribesman land, headed by Kuasa, a half-mad potentate who informs them that all whites are his mortal enemies because an Englishwoman once spurned his love and he got his revenge by stealing her daughter, who is Tura. He had set her up as a goddess but she must now pay for befriending the hated white men by being sacrificed to the crocodiles in an underground temple. An earthquake rocks the island and destroys Kuasa and his band. Bob, Jimmy and Tura find a party of rescuers waiting on the beach, headed by aviation company president J.C... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Island | Goddess | Temple | Savage | Beach  | See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Music | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Toura, déesse de la jungle See more »

Filming Locations:

Palm Canyon, California, USA See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. See more »

Connections

Featured in The Love Goddesses (1965) See more »

Soundtracks

"LOVELIGHT IN THE STARLIGHT"
Written by Ralph Freed and Friedrich Hollaender
Performed by Dorothy Lamour See more »