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 !
1953 · 1h 36m · APPROVED
Adventure, Horror
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
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White Witch Doctor
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 and cast
- Henry Hathaway Director
- Susan Hayward as Ellen Burton
- Robert Mitchum as John 'Lonni' Douglas
- Walter Slezak as Huysman
- Mashood Ajala as Jacques
- Joseph C. Narcisse as Utembo
- Elzie Emanuel as Kapuka
- Timothy Carey as Jarrett
- Otis Greene as Bakuba boy
- Everett Brown as Bakuba King (uncredited)
- Michael Ansara as De Gama (uncredited)
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