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Valley of the Head Hunters

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Valley of the Head Hunters
(aka Valley of Head Hunters)
Directed byWilliam Berke
Based onJungle Jim
1934-1954 comic strip
by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringJohnny Weissmuller
CinematographyWilliam P. Whitley
Edited byGene Havlick
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
The Katzman Corporation
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • July 23, 1953 (1953-07-23)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Valley of the Head Hunters (reissued as Valley of Head Hunters) is a 1953 adventure film directed by William Berke and starring Johnny Weissmuller[1] in his eleventh appearance as Jungle Jim.

Plot

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The District Commissioner sends out his representatives to have the native chiefs sign their lands over to the Crown for mineral exploration and mining. A small criminal syndicate seek the land themselves to gain the oil concessions. To obtain the land for themselves and eliminate the unwilling native chiefs they create a sham headhunter tribe.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Johnny weissmuller websites in Canada | Websites.ca". websites.ca.
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