Login
White Witch Doctor (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?
Updated May 26 2020
Cast
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Walter Slezak
Huysman
Mashood Ajala
Jacques
Joseph C. Narcisse
Utembo
Crew
Henry Hathaway
Director
Ivan Goff
Writer
