HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

''Jungle Siren'' is a 1942 American film directed by
Sam Newfield Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld (December 6, 1899 – November 10, 1964), also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American Film director, director, one of the most prolific in American film history—he is credited with directin ...
.


Plot

Captain Hart and Sergeant Jenkins, two Americans in the
Free French Free France () was a resistance government claiming to be the legitimate government of France following the dissolution of the Third French Republic, Third Republic during World War II. Led by General , Free France was established as a gover ...
Engineering Corps in Africa are sent to the jungle city of Carraby to do surveying for an airfield. They run across a pair on Germans acting as a
Fifth Column A fifth column is a group of people who undermine a larger group or nation from within, usually in favor of an enemy group or another nation. The activities of a fifth column can be overt or clandestine. Forces gathered in secret can mobilize ...
using Chief Selangi to bring in a German invasion force. Hart and Jenkins are helped by a fearless
jungle girl A jungle girl (so-called, but usually adult woman) is an archetype or stock character, often used in popular fiction, of a female adventurer, superhero or even a damsel in distress living in a jungle or rainforest setting. A prehistoric depiction ...
named Kuhlaya.


Cast

* Ann Corio as Kuhlaya *
Buster Crabbe Clarence Linden "Buster" Crabbe II (; February 7, 1908 – April 23, 1983) was an American two-time Olympic swimmer and film and television actor. He won the 1932 Olympic gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming event, which launched his c ...
as Captain Gary Hart * Evelyn Wahl as Frau Anna Lukas *
Paul Bryar Paul Bryar (born Gabriel Paul Barrere; February 21, 1910 – August 30, 1985) was an American actor. In a career spanning nearly half a century, he appeared in numerous films and television series. Career Bryar appeared in nearly 220 fil ...
as Sergeant Mike Jenkins *
Milton Kibbee Milton Kibbee (born Milne Bryan Kibbee;"Obituaries: Milne B. Kibbee"
as Dr. Thomas Harrigan *
Arno Frey Arnold Frey (11 October 1900 – 26 June 1961) was a German actor who portrayed the Nazi villain Dr. Lang in the Frank Buck movie ''Tiger Fangs'' (1943). Biography Frey arrived in the United States in October 1926, according to the New Yor ...
as Herr George Lukas *
Jess Lee Brooks Jess Lee Brooks (June 9, 1894"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4D7-QLS : Fri Feb 23 23:06:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Jess Lee Brooks, 1942."United States, Social ...
as Chief Selangi * Manart Kippen as Major Renault - Commandant *James Adamson as Johnny - a Native *Greco as himself, a chimpanzee


Soundtrack

*Ann Corio - "Song of the Jungle" (Written by
Johnny Lange John George Lange (August 15, 1905 – January 6, 2006) was an American songwriter, working mostly in the motion picture industry. His chief musical collaborators were Archie Gottler and Jack Meskill. Biography Lange was born in Philadelphia ...
and Lew Porter)


External links

* * 1942 films 1942 adventure films American black-and-white films 1940s romance films American World War II films World War II films made in wartime Producers Releasing Corporation films Jungle girls 1940s English-language films Films directed by Sam Newfield English-language romance films English-language adventure films {{1940s-adventure-film-stub