White Witch Doctor (1953)

Directed by

Henry Hathaway

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1907, a nurse goes to the Belgian Congo to run a clinic. She deals with dangerous wild animals and hostile locals.

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What happens

White Witch Doctor is a 1953 American adventure horror film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Walter Slezak. Made by 20th Century Fox, it was produced by Otto Lang from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, based on the 1950 novel by Louise Allender Stinetorf (1900–1992). The music score (notable for its use of the serpent, an obsolete instrument) was by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography by Leon Shamroy. The film was set in the Belgian Congo in 1907. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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