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      The Naked Jungle

      Released Mar 3, 1954 1h 35m Adventure List
      88% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 60% 1,000+ Ratings Audience Score Moved by lonely letters written to her brother by cocoa plantation owner Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston), New Orleans widow Joanna (Eleanor Parker) agrees to marry Christopher by proxy. Upon arriving at his South American plantation, Joanna clashes with the moody Christopher over his dismay about her previous marriage and the harshness of jungle life. The relationship appears doomed -- until a horde of attacking black ants forces the Leiningens to pull together. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered May 29 Buy Now

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      Francois Truffaut Arts (France) This plague ruins the hero of the film, but it also causes love to blossom between a very charming couple. May 6, 2022 Full Review Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Lively tale in which the characters are even more interesting than the adventure. Dec 29, 2015 Full Review Fernando F. Croce CinePassion Das Kapital in the heart of darkness Mar 14, 2010 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Director Byron Haskin treats this as A-list material. Jun 20, 2008 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jul 19, 2005 Full Review Steve Crum Kansas City Kansan Those blasted ants! Fill the moat! Pretty creepy critters here. Rated: 4/5 Jun 2, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Starts off slow but picks up when the ants attack. Decent adventure tale. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member The worst writing ever. Heston chewing the scenery as usual. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Part romance, part adventure -Naked Jungle is almost two movies in one, equally. Odd tale of a woman who marries a man she had never met; an arrogant plantation owner, plenty of non-English speaking natives - and ants. Lots and lots of ants. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member First movie I have seen with the famous Charlton Heston and hubba hubba! <3 it! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Frances H One of those great old flicks, the like of which they just don't make anymore with a great plot from that story we all had to read in high school English class, but with a serious romance thing added. Fun flick. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 04/03/15 Full Review Audience Member 'If you knew more about music, than women, you'd know, a piano is better when its been played'... Domestic strife and soldier ants--Marabunta! - when ants come, the monkeys run... Eleanor Parker could elevate anything.. Look Out! Love and Adventure are Afoot!! Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Moved by lonely letters written to her brother by cocoa plantation owner Christopher Leiningen (Charlton Heston), New Orleans widow Joanna (Eleanor Parker) agrees to marry Christopher by proxy. Upon arriving at his South American plantation, Joanna clashes with the moody Christopher over his dismay about her previous marriage and the harshness of jungle life. The relationship appears doomed -- until a horde of attacking black ants forces the Leiningens to pull together.
      Director
      Byron Haskin
      Screenwriter
      Ranald MacDougall
      Distributor
      Paramount Pictures
      Production Co
      Paramount Pictures
      Genre
      Adventure
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Mar 3, 1954, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 13, 2014
      Runtime
      1h 35m
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