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Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land

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Dr. Linda Roberts (Angela Greene), an anthropologist in Africa, is on a mission to find a tribe of giants. Failing to get permission for her trek from the district commissioner, Kingston (Lester Matthews), she asks explorer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) for help. However, Kingston has his own plans for the tribe and manages to capture two of its members. In the meantime, poachers searching for ivory complicate matters for Roberts -- and for Jim, who finds himself framed for murder.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This eight in the Jungle Jim series is as ridiculous as any of the thirteen made, but is still enjoyable as an unsophisticated boys adventure film. Rated: C+ Oct 24, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Jungle Jim helps another intrepid reporter, this time to find the "Land of the Giant People. " This entry is pretty bad, even by Jungle Jim standards. No only are the giant people not giants, they look more like werewolves, but the filmmakers use a ridiculous amount of stock footage that's really distracting and borders on Ed Wood levels of overuse. This one is only for die hard Weissmuller fans. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 31/100. This is the eighth entry in the Jungle Jim series, and unfortunately not the last. The were profitable at the time, mainly because the had minuscule budgets. As with most in the series, the plot is lame and stupid. This time he gets entangled with a greedy and evil ivory hunter. That's not all folks, he also has to grapple with a "giant man," in bad make up, a phony looking costume and a desperate need for a dentist. As with all in the films in the series, a lot of obvious stock footage is used, and a menagerie of animals that in reality do not co-exist anywhere in the universe. The acting is, as expected, poor, the art direction painfully obvious. The film looks as though it took perhaps a week to film. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Dr. Linda Roberts (Angela Greene), an anthropologist in Africa, is on a mission to find a tribe of giants. Failing to get permission for her trek from the district commissioner, Kingston (Lester Matthews), she asks explorer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) for help. However, Kingston has his own plans for the tribe and manages to capture two of its members. In the meantime, poachers searching for ivory complicate matters for Roberts -- and for Jim, who finds himself framed for murder.
Director
Lew Landers
Genre
Adventure
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 5m