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Lost City of the Jungle
Directed by Lewis D. Collins
Ray Taylor
Produced by Morgan Cox
Joseph O'Donnell
Written by Joseph F. Poland
Paul Huston
Tom Gibson
Starring Russell Hayden
Jane Adams
Lionel Atwill
Keye Luke
Cinematography Gus Peterson
Editing by Irving Birnbaum
Jack Dolan
Joseph Gluck
D. Pat Kelley
Alvin Todd
Edgar Zane
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) 23 April 1946
Running time 13 chapters (265 min)
Country United States
Language English

Lost City of the Jungle (1946) is a Universal movie serial.

Cast[]

  • Russell Hayden as Rod Stanton, United Peace Foundation operative
  • Jane Adams as Marjorie Elmore
  • Lionel Atwill as Sir Eric Hazarias, villain acting under the pseudonym Geoffrey London
  • Keye Luke as Tal Shan
  • Helen Bennett as Indra
  • Ted Hecht as Doc Harris
  • John Eldredge as Doctor Elmore
  • John Mylong as Malborn, the "real" villain of the serial, posing as Geoffrey London's servant
  • John Miljan as Doctor Gaffron
  • John Gallaudet as Professor Grebb
  • George Lynn as Marlow, one of Hazarias' henchmen
  • Dick Curtis as Johnson, one of Hazarias' henchmen
  • Arthur Space as "System" Reeves
  • Frances Chung as Lakana Shan
  • Gene Roth as Police Captain Hammond

Production[]

Lionel Atwill died of cancer and pneumonia while filming this serial. Atwill was playing the mastermind villain, Sir Eric Hazarias, a foreign spy chief. Universal could not afford to throw out the footage already filmed so they were forced to adapt the serial. First, another villain (Malborn, played by John Mylong, who was originally just a servant of Sir Eric) was introduced as the boss of Atwill's character to take over most of the villain requirements of the film. Secondly, a double of Atwill was used to complete his remaining scenes. The double was filmed from behind and remained silent. The villain's henchmen were filmed repeating their orders back to the silent double and stock footage of Atwill was edited in to show a response.[1]

Lost City of the Jungle was Universal's last Jungle serial.[2]

Chapter titles[]

  1. Himalaya Horror
  2. The Death Flood
  3. Wave Length for Doom
  4. The Pit of Pendrang
  5. Fiery Danger
  6. Death's Shining Face
  7. Speedboat Missing
  8. Fire Jet Torture
  9. Zalabor Death Watch
  10. Booby Trap Rendezvous
  11. Pendrang Guillotine
  12. Jungle Smash-up
  13. Atomic Vengeance

Source:[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 363–364. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9. 
  2. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "3. The Six Faces of Adventure". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 35. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 
  3. ↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. 243. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X. 

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Preceded by
The Scarlet Horsemen (1946) 		Universal Serial
Lost City of the Jungle (1946) 		Succeeded by
The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
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