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White Witch Doctor
1953, Jul 01
1h 36m
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?
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)
Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Walter Slezak
Huysman
Timothy Carey
Jarrett
Elzie Emanuel
Kapuka
Mashood Ajala
Jacques
Joseph C. Narcisse
Utembo
Otis Greene
Bakuba boy
Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
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