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?
Cast
Crew
Henry Hathaway
Director
Ben Roberts
Screenplay
Ivan Goff
Screenplay
Louise A. Stinetorf
Novel
James B. Clark
Editor
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
Joseph MacDonald
Additional Director of Photography
Arthur Lueker
First Assistant Director
Gerd Oswald
First Assistant Director
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director
Otto Lang
Producer
Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Richard Rosson
Second Unit Director
Harry Jackson
Second Unit Director of Photography
Charles G. Clarke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Eugene Grossman
Sound
Harry M. Leonard
Sound
Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Eva Monley
Script Supervisor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
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