The Lost Tribe (1949)
The Lost Tribe was the 2nd entry in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. Johnny Weissmuller stars as Jungle Jim, the comic-strip adventurer created by Alex Raymond way back in 1934. The plot is motivated by a lost treasure, located somewhere in the faraway land of Dzamm. Villains Calhoun (Joseph Vitale) and Rawling (Ralph Dunn) scheme to steal the treasure, but Jungle Jim won't let that happen. Our hero summons forth an army of gorillas to fight off the bad guys. Many of the animal-fight sequences in The Lost Tribe would pop up as stock footage in future "Jungle Jim" entries. The film is graced with the presence of two exotic leading ladies, Myrna Dell and Elena Verdugo. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- William A. Berke
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Synopsis of The Lost Tribe
The Lost Tribe was the 2nd entry in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series. Johnny Weissmuller stars as Jungle Jim, the comic-strip adventurer created by Alex Raymond way back in 1934. The plot is motivated by a lost treasure, located somewhere in the faraway land of Dzamm. Villains Calhoun (Joseph Vitale) and Rawling (Ralph Dunn) scheme to steal the treasure, but Jungle Jim won't let that happen. Our hero summons forth an army of gorillas to fight off the bad guys. Many of the animal-fight sequences in The Lost Tribe would pop up as stock footage in future "Jungle Jim" entries. The film is graced with the presence of two exotic leading ladies, Myrna Dell and Elena Verdugo. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of The Lost Tribe
- George de Normand - Cullen
- Ralph Dunn - Capt. Rawling
- George Lewis - Whip Wilson
- Gil Perkins - Dojek
- Joseph Vitale - Calhoun
- Rube Schaffer - Lerch
- Myrna Dell - Norina
- Nelson Leigh - Zoron
- Paul Marion - Chot
- Elena Verdugo - Li Wanna
- Johnny Weissmuller - Jungle Jim
- Wally West - Eckle
- Director(s):
- William A. Berke
- Writer(s):
- Don Martin, Arthur Hoerl
- Producer(s):
- Sam Katzman
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