Jungle Goddess

1948

Action / Adventure / Crime / Romance

4
IMDb Rating 2.2/10 10 927 927

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Plot summary

When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.

Director

Lewis D. Collins Photo
Lewis D. Collins

Top cast

William H. O'Brien Photo
William H. O'Brien as Bartender
Linda Leighton Photo
Linda Leighton as Helen Phillips
Onest Conley Photo
Onest Conley as Drummer
George Reeves Photo
George Reeves as Mike Patton
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568.02 MB
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1 hr 1 min
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1.03 GB
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1 hr 1 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Oosterhartbabe 2 / 10

temptress of a thousand untamed men! Ruler of a savage empire! Borer of literally hundreds of viewers!

The dull, gray story of a Dutch girl(with no accent, mind you)who gets lost in the jungles of Bachman's floral..err..Tanzania. She is found and taken in by the most multi-ethnic 'native tribe' that I've ever seen, including a woman who looks like she put on too much bronzer before she went on set. These people seem to think that she's some kind of 'White Goddess', which is weird since they call the two meaty, wooden white guys who appear to rescue her white devils. These dopes crash in the jungle while looking for this girl, because there's a reward for finding her. One of them, a psychotic with a stupid pencil moustache, pulls out a gun and starts shooting. He kills one of the warriors, and is promptly condemned to death. Which he deserves, but that wouldn't further the plot, would it?Not that much does. There are long, dry conversations and some tepid flirting between the Goddess and the less looney of the two men, although he manages to patronize her like crazy. Actually, she had managed to hold off the tribe doing her in by keeping up the white goddess front for over six years, plus she learned their language and kept a witch doctor at bay. Sounds like a pretty strong, smart girl, which is why Chunky McWhitey's smug condescension is even more annoying.They finally all run away together, although why they didn't leave the psycho Snidely Whiplash wannabee behind is beyond me. He eventually tries to kill both of them, and gets stabbed by a warrior after he kills yet another of the tribesmen by 'accident'. The two protagonists get in the plane and fly away, and the woman makes dreamy comments about how when she gets back to civilization she immediately wants to buy a hat. A hat!? Gimme a break, lady!
Reviewed by BandSAboutMovies 3 / 10

Jungle adventure

Between 1922 and 1954, Lewis D. Collins made around 120 films, most of them Westerns. Here's one of the rare ones that doesn't have horses and six shooters, set in the jungle and starring future Superman George Reeves as an explorer.Pilot Mike Patton (Reeves) and Bob Simpson (Ralph Byrd, who had played Dick Tracy numerous times, so this is a meta comic hero team-up) are looking for Greta Vanderhorn (Wanda McKay, who played the leading lady in many a B movie) in the jungle and find her being worshipped by the natives. She begs Mike to help her escape, but Bob has gone insane and they just might not make it out alive.Producers William Stephen and Robert Lippert would bring back the Reeves and Byrd team for Thunder in the Pines and had plans for four movies with them every year. Banana Fleet was planned, but never got made.The white goddess trope might not have started here, but it's definitely happening in this one. The trope probably started in W. H. Hudson's 1904 book Green Mansions with his character Rima. The first film example is 1920's The Jungle Princess. We'll have a few more examples this week, trust me.
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