''Little Jungle Boy'' is a 1970

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Plot

Doctors at a research centre in South East Asia discover a boy who appears to have grown up wild in the jungle. The boy faces hostility from people who want to kidnap him and a treacherous witchdoctor. Eventually the boy returns to the jungle.

Cast

*Rahman Rahmin as Momman *

Mike Dorsey Mike Dorsey (4 January 1930 – 24 October 2014) was an English-born Australian theatre and television actor, publicity officer, and tour manager. Dorsey appeared in the TV series '' The Unloved'', but was best known for his television soap ...

as Doctor Mike Martin *Niki Huen as Doctor Niki Sung *

Michael Pate Michael Pate Order of Australia, OAM (born Edward John Pate; 26 February 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who also worked prolifically as a supporting actor in Hollywood films and Ameri ...

as the Sultan *

Noel Ferrier Noel Ferrier Member of the Order of Australia, AM (20 December 193016 October 1997) was an Australian television personality, comedian, stage and film actor, raconteur, and theatrical producer. He was a regular panelist in Graham Kennedy's popu ...

as Father John *

Willie Fennell William John Fennell (20 January 1920 – 9 September 1992) was an Australian radio, television (serials and mini-series), stage and film actor, comedian, producer, radio scriptwriter and writer who appeared in many Australian television s ...

as Dr Barney O'Hara *Les Berryman

Production

The film was financed by an American company seeking product for the US TV market and Artransa Film Studios. Shooting took place short after their first Australian film. '' Strange Holiday'' (1970), partly on location in Singapore and Malaysia, as well as Artransa Studios in Sydney.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p249

Reception

The movie returned a comfortable profit to its investors.

References

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