Valley of the Head Hunters (aka Valley of Head Hunters) | |
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Directed by | William Berke |
Based on | Jungle Jim 1934-1954 comic strip by Don Moore and Alex Raymond |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Johnny Weissmuller |
Cinematography | William P. Whitley |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | The Katzman Corporation |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Valley of the Head Hunters (reissued as Valley of Head Hunters) is a 1953 adventure film directed by William Berke and starring Johnny Weissmuller[1] in his eleventh appearance as Jungle Jim.
Plot
[edit]The District Commissioner sends out his representatives to have the native chiefs sign their lands over to the Crown for mineral exploration and mining. A small criminal syndicate seek the land themselves to gain the oil concessions. To obtain the land for themselves and eliminate the unwilling native chiefs they create a sham headhunter tribe.
Cast
[edit]- Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
- Christine Larson as Ellen Shaw
- Robert Foulk as Arco
- Steven Ritch as Lt. Barry
- Nelson Leigh as Mr. Bradley
- Joseph Allen as Pico
- George Eldredge as District Commissioner Kingston
References
[edit]- ^ "Johnny weissmuller websites in Canada | Websites.ca". websites.ca.
External links
[edit]- Valley of the Head Hunters at IMDb
- Valley of the Head Hunters at the TCM Movie Database
- Valley of the Head Hunters at AllMovie
- Valley of the Head Hunters at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Review of film at Variety