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Nabonga
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Nabonga is a 1944 PRC film starring Buster Crabbe and Julie London (in her film debut). It was retitled Jungle Woman in the British Empire.
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4.4When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.
Cast
- Buster Crabbe as Ray Gorman
- Fifi D'Orsay as Marie
- Barton MacLane as Carl Hurst
- Julie London as Doreen Stockwell
- Bryant Washburn as Hunter
- Herbert Rawlinson as T.F. Stockwell
Themes
- africa
- gorilla
- white woman
- jungle girl
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Ratings
IMDb
4.2/10
656 votes
- Year
- 1944
- Runtime
- 75 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Crime
- Rated
- Passed
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Sam Newfield
- Cast member
- Julie London
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Duration
- 75
- FilmAffinity ID
- 892575
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- publication date
- 1944-01-01
- distributed by
- Producers Releasing Corporation
- title
- Nabonga
- color
- black-and-white
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
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- Cast
- Main
- Supporting
- Cameo/Uncredited
- Production
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Nabonga is a 1944 PRC film starring Buster Crabbe and Julie London (in her film debut). It was retitled Jungle Woman in the British Empire.
== Plot == T. F. Stockwell steals the money and jewelry contents of safe deposit boxes of the Cairo bank in which he works. After fleeing south in a private plane with his young daughter Doreen and the pilot, they're brought down in the jungle during a storm. The three survive the crash but Stockwell murders the pilot when he sees the stolen loot. Whilst exploring the surroundings, Doreen finds a gorilla wounded and left for dead by members of a safari.
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