The Naked Jungle (1954)

Directed by

Byron Haskin

Genre

horror film, adventure film, science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 120 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A stubborn plantation owner in Brazil must defend his cocoa farm and his wife from a massive swarm of army ants that devours everything in its path. The film focuses on the battle to save the land and the strained relationship between the man and his mail-order bride.

tenseclaustrophobicsuspensefulrelentlessvisceralold-fashionedsurvivalist

What happens

The Naked Jungle is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantation, it was based on the 1937 short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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