Jungle Drums of Africa (1953)

Directed by

Fred C. Brannon

Genre

adventure film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American uranium company rep and a medical missionary in Kenya try to stop foreign agents and a local witchdoctor from getting control of a uranium deposit on tribal land. The story includes a college-educated chieftain.

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What happens

Jungle Drums of Africa is a 1953 12-episode American serial film shot in black-and-white. It was an original commissioned screenplay by Ronald Davidson produced by Franklin Adreon and directed by Fred C. Brannon for Republic Pictures. The story is set in Kenya, and involves the efforts of an American uranium processing company's representative and a woman medical missionary, to thwart the efforts of agents of a "foreign power", abetted by a disaffected native witchdoctor, to gain control of a large uranium deposit on lands owned by the latter's tribe. This serial features black American actors in major roles, including that of a college-educated chieftain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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