Duel in the Jungle (1954)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

George Marshall

Writers:

S.K. Kennedy (story)
Samuel Marx (writer)

Release Date:

21 August 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

Through screeching jungle haunts, across the veldt of violence, past lion fang and boa coil... they shadowed the 'Dead man of the Transvaal' they had to bring back alive!

Plot:

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast...

Plot Keywords:

Diamond | Murder | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Dana Andrews	...	Scott Walters
Jeanne Crain	...	Marian Taylor
David Farrar	...	Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
Patrick Barr	...	Supt. Roberts
George Coulouris	...	Capt. Malburn
Charles Goldner	...	Martell
Wilfrid Hyde-White	...	Pitt
Mary Merrall	...	Mrs. Henderson
Heather Thatcher	...	Lady on the Niagara
Michael Mataka	...	Vincent
Paul Carpenter	...	Clerk
Delphi Lawrence	...	Pan American Girl
Mary Mackenzie	...	Junior Secretary
Bee Duffell	...	Irish Landlady
Alec Finter	...	Waiter

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16811, General Audience) | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12

Company:

Moulin Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Assistant director Tony Kelly disappeared while shooting second-unit footage along the Zambesi River in Rhodesia. When the crew's boat overturned, the other two crew members were able to swim to safety but Kelly, although the strongest swimmer of them all, disappeared in the water. It is thought he was trying to save the camera equipment and many theories were offered for the disappearance, the most fearful being that he had been taken by crocodiles. No body was ever found.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Trailer Cinema (1992) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Night Belongs To Me