Jungle Menace

Jungle Menace (1937)

THRILL WITH FRANK BUCK..AS HE CLASHES WITH SAVAGE MALAY MONSTERS!

Mystery and adventure, surrounding a stolen rubber harvest.

Date of release
1937-09-01
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
5h 8m
Genres
Action, Adventure
Director
Harry L. Fraser, George Melford

Casting

Interesting facts

Jungle Menace (1937) is the first serial released by Columbia Pictures.

Production

In his autobiography, director Harry L. Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake:

"The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men.

Buck drank heavily on set and was not always sober during filming. Fraser recounts Buck justified it saying “I’d die in the jungle just drinking coffee. I drink martinis, Harry. Keep me going. Now, my problem is where can I get a thermos filled with martinis at six o’clock in the morning?”

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