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?

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Cast

Susan Hayward

Ellen Burton

Robert Mitchum

John 'Lonni' Douglas

Walter Slezak

Huysman

Mashood Ajala

Jacques

Joseph C. Narcisse

Utembo

Elzie Emanuel

Kapuka

Timothy Carey

Jarrett

Otis Greene

Bakuba boy

Everett Brown

Bakuba King (uncredited)

Michael Ansara

De Gama (uncredited)