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White Witch Doctor

63 %|Jul 1, 1953|Adventure, Horror

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?

Featured Crew

Henry Hathaway
Director
Arthur Lueker
First Assistant Director
Harry Jackson
Second Unit Director of Photography
Charles G. Clarke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Joseph MacDonald
Additional Director of Photography
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction
Ivan Goff
Screenplay
Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer

Cast

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Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
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Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
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Otis Greene
Bakuba boy
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Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)
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Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)