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 !”
Overview
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?
Director
Henry Hathaway
Writers
Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff
Cast
Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Walter Slezak
Huysman
Timothy Carey
Jarrett
Mashood Ajala
Jacques
Joseph C. Narcisse
Utembo
Elzie Emanuel
Kapuka
Otis Greene
Bakuba boy
Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)
Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)
Details
Language
en
Status
Released
