White Witch Doctor (1953)
The story of a woman who followed a dream to the end of the earth ... and found a love that will live to the end of time !
Ellen Burton arrives in Africa to join Dr. Mary as her nurse, bringing modern medicine to the native peoples. Lonni Douglas, an animal wrangler and fortune hunter, agrees to take her upriver, despite his misgivings about her suitability for Africa. They battle escaped gorillas, hostile natives, infected lion wounds, and hostile witch doctors to reach their destination and on the way, they fall in love. Will their contrasting interests doom their romance?
- Date of release
- 1953-07-01
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Adventure, Horror
- Director
- Henry Hathaway
Casting
- Susan Hayward — Ellen Burton
- Robert Mitchum — John 'Lonni' Douglas
- Walter Slezak — Huysman
- Mashood Ajala — Jacques
- Joseph C. Narcisse — Utembo
- Elzie Emanuel — Kapuka
- Timothy Carey — Jarrett
- Otis Greene — Bakuba boy
- Everett Brown — Bakuba King (uncredited)
- Michael Ansara — De Gama (uncredited)
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