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White Witch Doctor 1953 Directed by Henry Hathaway

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 !

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?

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Adventure , Horror
Production Company 20th Century Fox
Release Date 1 July 1953
96 mins
Cast
Susan Hayward Ellen Burton
Robert Mitchum John 'Lonni' Douglas
Otis Greene Bakuba boy
Everett Brown Bakuba King (uncredited)
Michael Ansara De Gama (uncredited)