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White Witch Doctor
Dir. Henry Hathaway
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White Witch Doctor
“The story of a woman who followed a dream to the end of the earth ... and found a love that will live to the end of time !”
Adventure
Horror
Director
Henry Hathaway
Screenplay
Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff
Ellen Burton arrives in Africa to join Dr. Mary as her nurse, bringing modern medicine to the native peoples. Lonni Douglas, an animal wrangler and fortune hunter, agrees to take her upriver, despite his misgivings about her suitability for Africa. They battle escaped gorillas, hostile natives, infected lion wounds, and hostile witch doctors to reach their destination and on the way, they fall in love. Will their contrasting interests doom their romance?
Release
Jul 1, 1953
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
United States of America
Cast
Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Walter Slezak
Huysman
Timothy Carey
Jarrett
Elzie Emanuel
Kapuka
Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)
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