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15 December 1948 (USA)
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ADVENTURE IDOL OF MILLIONS...on the screen at last! more
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Lady scientist, Hilary Parker is searching for a rare drug to help combat polio. Opportunist Bruce Edwards...
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(Credited cast)| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Jungle Jim | |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Dr. Hilary Parker | |
| George Reeves | ... | Bruce Edwards | |
| Lita Baron | ... | Zia | |
| Rick Vallin | ... | Kolu - Chief of the Masai | |
| Holmes Herbert | ... | Commissioner Geoffrey Marsden | |
| Tex Mooney | ... | Chief Devil Doctor |
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Followed by The Lost Tribe (1949)
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Jungle Jim was Johnny Weismuller's vehicle after he became too old to play Tarzan, and passed the mantle to younger actors. As Jungle Jim, he stays in his African milieu, dons safari clothes and has a series of numbskull adventures mostly saving ladies in distress. This is the first of the series, in which Jungle Jim helps a lady scientist discover a cure for polio (remember that Jungle Jim is made in 1948 before the discovery of the Salk vaccine). In this, it may be ahead of its time; first having a smart female character, and second, finding cures to disease in tropical plants. The villain is played by the pre-Superman George Reeves.
Where Jungle Jim is behind the times is its portrayal of Africans, in this case Masai, who look like white people, and the idiotic portrayal of wildlife. Nonetheless, it's a laugh. But if you're looking for something serious pass it by.