This is one of those flicks that you have to give credit to just for trying. It's too bad the print I watched was so washed out, but that gave the picture an odd bit of atmosphere, what with the jungle setting and all. As many Tarzan and Jungle Jim films that I've seen over the years, I'm no longer surprised that the wild animals on view don't really belong there, but that's what's part of the fun for these old pictures. As an example here, I'd point to the South American toucan and African chimpanzees located on the island of Borneo in the Indian Ocean.
But the picture gets a lot of mileage out of those crocodiles, doesn't it? And anytime a movie offers an early glimpse of an active volcano, you just know how it's all going to end. Before that happens, we're introduced to the principals, with pretty Linda Randolph (Rose Hobart) determined to track down her missing husband of three years (Charles Bickford). Turns out he's the permanently soused house physician to the self styled Prince Hashim of Marudu (Georges Revanent). Depending on your disposition, this could have been a pretty good gig if one were so inclined.
Anyway, if you manage to stick around through the slow spots, this one ends on a fairly energetic note. Just be warned if you're inclined to seasickness because it gets a little wavy during the finale, and large objects tend to defy normal laws of gravity and physics. But overall, the film is actually quite entertaining in it's own way, what with it's version of the obligatory giant snake scare, a leopard attack, and all those crocodiles. Ah yes, the crocodiles. Don't try to out-swim them.
But the picture gets a lot of mileage out of those crocodiles, doesn't it? And anytime a movie offers an early glimpse of an active volcano, you just know how it's all going to end. Before that happens, we're introduced to the principals, with pretty Linda Randolph (Rose Hobart) determined to track down her missing husband of three years (Charles Bickford). Turns out he's the permanently soused house physician to the self styled Prince Hashim of Marudu (Georges Revanent). Depending on your disposition, this could have been a pretty good gig if one were so inclined.
Anyway, if you manage to stick around through the slow spots, this one ends on a fairly energetic note. Just be warned if you're inclined to seasickness because it gets a little wavy during the finale, and large objects tend to defy normal laws of gravity and physics. But overall, the film is actually quite entertaining in it's own way, what with it's version of the obligatory giant snake scare, a leopard attack, and all those crocodiles. Ah yes, the crocodiles. Don't try to out-swim them.