Perils of the Jungle

On an African safari with his friend Grant, Clyde Beatty plans to buy some black-maned Numbian lions from Jo Carter but her animals are wiped out by a fire. Despite interference by rival dealer Gorman, who hopes to ruin Jo, Beatty saves her business by helping her to capture an adult gorilla. (2nd story) When Grant is bitten by a tsetse fly and falls ill, Beatty heads for the nearest hospital through the territory of the dangerous Matabeles tribe. They are captured and condemned to death by Grubbs, a white man living with the tribe and stealing their gold. Using the Matabele Boy King as a shield, Beatty and Grant make an escape and Grubbs is forced to accompany them, leaving his loot behind. Written by Les Adams Perils of the Jungle is a 1953 American English-language Adventure Drama film featuring Clyde Beatty, Phyllis Coates, John Doucette, Leonard Mudie, Stanley Farrar, Joel Fluellen and Shelby Bacon. Commodore Productions was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Walter White Jr. The movie is directed by George Blair. Lippert Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the movie. Perils of the Jungle was released on 20th March 1953 and takes a screen time of 63 minutes. The screenplay for the movie was written by Frank Hart Taussig and Robert T. Smith. Cinematography was done by E.J. Nicholso and editing by Robert B. Warwick Jr.
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