Superman: Jungle Drums

1943

Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Thriller / War

5
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 926 926

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Top cast

Julian Noa Photo
Julian Noa as German Commander
Jack Mercer Photo
Jack Mercer as Lt. Fleming
Jackson Beck Photo
Jackson Beck as Narrator
Joan Alexander Photo
Joan Alexander as Lois Lane
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82.8 MB
986*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 9 min
Seeds 7
153.7 MB
1480*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 9 min
Seeds 41

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 7 / 10

Another WWII Superman cartoon

For reasons never explained Lois Lane is flying with some man over a jungle with top secret American war secrets. Unknown to them the Nazis have taken over the native tribe in the jungle (for some reason the Nazis dress like the Ku Klux Klan!). They shot down the plane--the man dies but Lois lives--she hides the plans and is captured. The Nazis threaten to torture her but she won't tell them a thing. So they decide to have the natives burn her at a stake (!!!). Will Superman find her in time to save her.Vague story and plot loopholes galore mar this cartoon. But it is VERY colorful with the expected great animation. Also there are some real surreal scenes when Lois is being burned. It's worth seeing just for that. I give this a 7.
Reviewed by 6 / 10

Jungle Drums is another Superman cartoon made during World War II

This is another in the Fleischer/Famous series of Superman cartoons. In this one, Lois Lane is flying over a jungle with the pilot when the plane crashes into the place with Ms. Lane ending up with the dying man's papers. Unfortunately, the white hooded men that turn out to be Nazis have tortured Lois at the stake in order to make her give up those papers' hiding place. Forturnately, her colleague Clark Kent finds out about that and...well, you probably know what happens next. Meant as a propaganda piece, Jungle Drums get points for providing some very exciting scenes of fire and bombings of enemy submarines and of seeing Adolf Hitler wince at the Americans' triumphant turn at battle. Otherwise, you'd probably be confused at why things happened the way they're depicted in this short...
Reviewed by 5 / 10

So...Nazis are hiding out in the jungle in a fake temple....I am sure this happened all the time!

"Jungle Drums" is probably the weirdest and most contrived Superman cartoon from the Fleischer Brothers. While having Superman battling the Nazis is not unusual, so much about this cartoon is just plain weird.It begins with Lois and a pilot having their plan knocked out of the sky by some weird device that looks like a temple in the jungle! However, it's actually a Nazi facility and all their minions are dark-skinned natives. Why they are in the middle of the jungle and how this will benefit them in the war is anyone's guess!! A bit later, Clark just happens to fly overhead in a plane and spots the wreckage of the previous plane--so he goes to investigate. However, he has to fight not only the local savages but Nazis in weird white hooded robes (did they team up with the Klan?!). Here's the kicker. After Superman saves the day once again, the cartoon ends with Hitler sitting at home listening to broadcasts telling about this latest Allied victory! Strange but enjoyable, it does lose a point or two because the plot is so ridiculous--even for a superhero cartoon.
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