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?

Details

Cast

Susan Hayward

Robert Mitchum

Walter Slezak

Timothy Carey

Mashood Ajala

Joseph C. Narcisse

Elzie Emanuel

Otis Greene

Everett Brown

Michael Ansara