Jungle Man-Eaters

Jungle Man-Eaters is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Lee Sholem starring Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth and Richard Stapley. It was the last official Jungle Jim movie after Screen Gems bought the rights to make a TV series based on the character (which also starred Weissmuller). With only three movies on his contract remaining, Weissmuller used them wisely by just playing himself, but the format stayed the same.^[1][2] Despite the title, there are no Jungle Man-Eaters shown in the film.

Jungle Man-Eaters
Directed by	Lee Sholem
Written by	Samuel Newman
Based on	Jungle Jim 1934-1954 comic strip by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller Karin Booth Richard Stapley
Cinematography	Henry Freulich
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	Sam Katzman Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 1954 (1954-06)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Jungle Jim is recruited to track down a group of French diamond smugglers who seek to alter the price of diamonds through taking over a secret diamond field. The smugglers not only murder the original owners of the diamond field but set up inter-tribal warfare to prevent any intruders from learning of the diamond field.

Cast

• Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
• Karin Booth as Dr. Bonnie Crandall
• Richard Stapley as Inspector Jeffrey Bernard
• Bernie Hamilton as Zuwaba
• Gregory Gaye as Leroux
• Lester Matthews as Commissioner Kingston
• Paul Thompson as Zulu
• Vince Townsend Jr. as Chief Boganda