White Witch Doctor (1953)
1h 36m
Running Time
July 1, 1953Release Date
White Witch Doctor (1953)
1h 36m
Running Time
July 1, 1953Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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?
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Cast & Crew.
Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Walter Slezak
Huysman
Timothy Carey
Jarrett
Mashood Ajala
Jacques
Joseph C. Narcisse
Utembo
Elzie Emanuel
Kapuka
Otis Greene
Bakuba boy
Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)
Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)
Henry Hathaway
Director
Ben Roberts
Screenplay
Ivan Goff
Screenplay
Louise A. Stinetorf
Novel
Otto Lang
Producer
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
James B. Clark
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Gerd Oswald
First Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 1, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
africa
zaire
big game hunter
early 1900s
Wiki.
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.
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