Duel in the Jungle

Duel in the Jungle
1954 US Theatrical Poster
Directed by	David Farrar
Written by	Sam Marx
Starring	Dana Andrews Jeanne Crain David Farrar
Production company	ABPC
Release dates	21 August 1954 (1954-08-21)
Running time	98 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£205,010 (UK)^[1]

Duel in the Jungle is a 1954 British Independent adventure film directed by George Marshall and starring Dana Andrews, Jeanne Crain and David Farrar.^[2]

Synopsis

Its plot involves an American insurance investigator who is sent to Southern Rhodesia to investigate the suspicious death of a major diamond dealer.^[3]

Cast

Dana Andrews - Scott Walters
Jeanne Crain - Marian Taylor
David Farrar - Perry Henderson / Arthur Henderson
Patrick Barr - Superintendent Roberts
George Coulouris - Captain Malburn
Charles Goldner - Martell
Wilfrid Hyde-White - Pitt
Mary Merrall - Mrs Henderson
Heather Thatcher ... Lady on the Niagara
Michael Mataka ... Vincent
Paul Carpenter ... Clerk
Delphi Lawrence ... Pan American Girl
Mary Mackenzie ... Junior Secretary
Bee Duffell ... Irish Landlady
Alec Finter ... Waiter
Patrick Parnell ... Wireless Operator
John Salew ... Clerk - Henderson's Office
Walter Gotell ... Jim
Bill Fraser ... Smith - Hotel Clerk
Lionel Ngakane ... Servant (as Lionel MacKane)
Robert Sansom ... Steward

Production notes

Production Dates: 24 Aug-early Dec 1953
Although the copyright states that the screenplay was based on an original story by S. K. Kennedy, a July 1953 Variety article reports that screenwriters Samuel Marx and Tommy Morrison used a German novel originally published in 1942 as its source.
Portions of the film were shot in South Africa at Port Elizabeth, Bechuanaland, Victoria Falls and Johannesburg. An October 1953 Daily Variety news item stated that scenes were shot at Krueger National Park.
During production, this was the last film for assistant director Anthony Kelly. He died when he was thrown from his overturned canoe into a whirlpool on the Zambesi River and then into the jaws of crocodiles (Not True. His body was never found and one of the theories is that he was eaten by crocodiles after he drowned whilst trying to save the camera equipment in the upturned boat.)
The Hollywood Reporter review noted that after audiences at a 29 July 1954 Los Angeles preview jeered at the film's ending, Warner Bros. re-edited the final scenes. The Variety review lists the running time of the British release as 105 minutes; reviews of the American version list the running time as 98 min

References

↑ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p504
↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31931
↑ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/73732/Duel-in-the-Jungle/

External links

Duel in the Jungle at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by George Marshall

The Committee on Credentials (1916)
Love's Lariat (1916)
A Woman's Eyes (1916)
The Devil's Own (1916)
The Man from Montana (1917)
The Midnight Flyer (1918)
The Adventures of Ruth (1919)
Ruth of the Rockies (1920)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Their First Mistake (1932)
Towed in a Hole (1932)
She Learned About Sailors (1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
Music Is Magic (1935)
Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
Can This Be Dixie? (1936)
A Message to Garcia (1936)
The Crime of Dr. Forbes (1936)
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Love Under Fire (1937)
The Goldwyn Follies (1938)
Battle of Broadway (1938)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
The Ghost Breakers (1940)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
Texas (1941)
Valley of the Sun (1942)
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Riding High (1943)
True to Life (1943)
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Murder, He Says (1945)
Incendiary Blonde (1945)
Hold That Blonde (1945)
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
Variety Girl (1947)
Hazard (1948)
Tap Roots (1948)
My Friend Irma (1949)
Fancy Pants (1950)
Never a Dull Moment (1950)
A Millionaire for Christy (1951)
The Savage (1952)
Off Limits (1953)
Scared Stiff (1953)
Houdini (1953)
Money from Home (1953)
Red Garters (1954)
Duel in the Jungle (1954)
Destry (1954)
The Second Greatest Sex (1955)
Pillars of the Sky (1956)
Beyond Mombasa (1956)
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
The Sad Sack (1957)
The Sheepman (1958)
Imitation General (1958)
The Mating Game (1959)
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
The Gazebo (1959)
Cry for Happy (1961)
The Happy Thieves (1961)
How the West Was Won (1962)
Papa's Delicate Condition (1963)
Dark Purpose (1964)
Advance to the Rear (1964)
Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966)
Eight on the Lam (1967)
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
Hook, Line & Sinker (1969)

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