The Naked Jungle (1954)
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83% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(1,664 ratings)
It doesn't take long for old-time-radio fans to figure out that The Naked Jungle is a film version of the classic Carl Stephenson nailbiter Leiningen Versus the Ants. Charlton Heston plays South American plantation owner Christopher Leiningen, who spends most of the film preparing for the… More It doesn't take long for old-time-radio fans to figure out that The Naked Jungle is a film version of the classic Carl Stephenson nailbiter Leiningen Versus the Ants. Charlton Heston plays South American plantation owner Christopher Leiningen, who spends most of the film preparing for the hellish onslaught of deadly soldier ants. The original story concentrated solely on Leiningen; the film version hokes things up a bit by bestowing upon the hero a gorgeous mail-order bride, played by Eleanor Parker. No matter: the climactic insect invasion is well worth the wait, utilizing the Paramount Pictures optical-effects department to the nth degree. The Naked Jungle also offers excellent supporting work from Abraham Sofaer, Douglas Fowley, and William Conrad, who also acted in several of the radio adaptations of the Carl Stephenson yarn. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Byron Haskin
- Written By
- Philip Yordan, Ranald MacDougall
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 3, 1954 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 9, 2004
Critic Reviews
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Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Das Kapital in the heart of darkness
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Director Byron Haskin treats this as A-list material.
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Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Those blasted ants! Fill the moat! Pretty creepy critters here.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
a schizophrenic little drama
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
A wonderfully strange jungle melodrama.
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Cast
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Eleanor Parker
as Joanna Leiningen
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Charlton Heston
as Christopher Leiningen
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Abraham Sofaer
as Incacha
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William Conrad
as Commissioner
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Romo Vincent
as Boat Captain
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Douglas Fowley
as Medicine Man
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John Dierkes
as Gruber
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Leonard Strong
as Kutina
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Norma Calderon
as Zala
- Pilar del Rey
- Bernie Gozier
- Leon Lontoc
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John Mansfield
as Foreman
- Ronald Alan Numkena
- Rodd Redwing
- Jack Reitzen
- Jerry Groves
- Carlos Rivero
- John E. Wood
