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Re: Last Call for Adventure movies poll
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lugnet.adventurers
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Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:14:11 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, Craig Hamilton writes:
> the "JUNGLE JIM" movies! i haven't thought of these in years! the first
> 12-chapter serials (1937) starred grant withers as jim. the more successful
> feature films , made n the 50's, starred jonny weissmuller. ~just look at some
> of these titles: "captive girl"(1950), "voodoo tiger"('52), "valley of the
> headhunters"('53), "jungle moon men"('55), and ""devil goddess"('55)...
> jungle jim is an american explorer roaming africa, india, and the middle east,
> becoming embroiled in tribal wars, battling slavers, poachers, pirates, and
> smugglers, often landing him in nasty spots. (i.e. buried chin-deep in sand,
> covered in molasses, waiting for the "fierce jungle ants" to swarm all over
> him.) jim had a girlfriend, joan and a native sidekick, kolu, who were both
> replaced later on by a hot 2-in-1 package named shanghai lil.
>
> later ~ craig
I recall this as a T.V. series, but then I remember a number of the Republic
movie serials (the Rocketman was the favorite of all the neighborhood kids) as
"T.V. series". All I really remember about Jungle Jim is Weismuller in khakis
diving off a cliff (and mucking about in a jungle).
Bruce
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| (...) here's some more films that haven't been mentioned yet: "The Deceivers" ~ a 1988 Merchant production starring pierce brosnan as a british officer in india who infiltrates a brotherhood of kali-worshiping assassins. "The Island of Dr. Moreau" ~ (...) (25 years ago, 28-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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