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?
Sound | Bernard Herrmann | Original Music Composer |
Art | Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
Art | Mark-Lee Kirk | Art Direction |
Directing | Gerd Oswald | First Assistant Director |
Art | Stuart A. Reiss | Set Decoration |
Camera | Leon Shamroy | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up | Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Harry M. Leonard | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Dorothy Jeakins | Costume Design |
Camera | Joseph MacDonald | Additional Director of Photography |
Directing | Henry Hathaway | Director |
Editing | James B. Clark | Editor |
Writing | Ivan Goff | Screenplay |
Writing | Ben Roberts | Screenplay |
Camera | Charles G. Clarke | Second Unit Director of Photography |
Directing | Arthur Lueker | First Assistant Director |
Visual Effects | Ray Kellogg | Visual Effects |
Production | Otto Lang | Producer |
Camera | Harry Jackson | Second Unit Director of Photography |
Directing | Richard Rosson | Second Unit Director |
Sound | Eugene Grossman | Sound |
Directing | Eva Monley | Script Supervisor |
Directing | Erich von Stroheim Jr. | Assistant Director |
Writing | Louise A. Stinetorf | Novel |