Valley of the Head Hunters (aka Valley of Head Hunters) | |
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Directed by | William Berke |
Based on |
Jungle Jim 1934-1954 comic strip by Don Moore and Alex Raymond |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | Johnny Weissmuller |
Cinematography | William P. Whitley |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff |
Production company | The Katzman Corporation |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Valley of the Head Hunters (reissued as Valley of Head Hunters) is a 1953 adventure film directed by William Berke and starring Johnny Weissmuller [1] in his eleventh appearance as Jungle Jim.
The District Commissioner sends out his representatives to have the native chiefs sign their lands over to the Crown for mineral exploration and mining. A small criminal syndicate seek the land themselves to gain the oil concessions. To obtain the land for themselves and eliminate the unwilling native chiefs they create a sham headhunter tribe.