

01/07/1953
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?

Susan Hayward
as Ellen Burton

Robert Mitchum
as John 'Lonni' Douglas

Walter Slezak
as Huysman

Timothy Carey
as Jarrett

Mashood Ajala
as Jacques

Joseph C. Narcisse
as Utembo

Elzie Emanuel
as Kapuka

Otis Greene
as Bakuba boy

Everett Brown
as Bakuba King (uncredited)

Michael Ansara
as De Gama (uncredited)
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