Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men (1955)

AMAZING ADVENTURE in the LOST VALLEY OF THE MOON!

Priestess Oma is forever young in this Jungle Jim knockoff of "She" or the La of Opar stories from "Tarzan". The Jungle Jim-type character is played by Weissmuller using his own name.

Date of release
1955-04-08
TMDB
5.4 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Action, Adventure
Director
Charles S. Gould
Collection
Jungle Jim Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

Jungle Moon Men is a 1955 American adventure film, the fifteenth film in a series of jungle-based adventures from Columbia Pictures starring Johnny Weissmuller, the first thirteen of which feature the comic strip character Jungle Jim. It is the second of three films featuring Weismuller as an idealized version of himself, clearly based on the Jungle Jim character. The film was directed by Charles S. Gould and written by Dwight Babcock and Jo Pagano.

Production

Johnny Weissmuller played himself, as a protagonist jungle adventurer. It was his second time doing so. Elements from the film's plot were taken from H. Rider Haggard's She: A History of Adventure (1887).

While still a work-in-progress, the film was referred to as simply Moon Men. It was directed by Charles S. Gould with assistance from Eddie Saeta. Sam Katzman was in charge of production for Columbia Pictures, while Jo Pagano and Dwight Babcock wrote the screenplay based on a story by Pagano. Henry Freulich signed on as cinematographer. The set decorator was Sidney Clifford.

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