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The Naked Jungle is a 1954 film directed by Byron Haskin, and starring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. Telling the story of an attack of army ants on a Brazilian cocoa plantation, it was based on the short story "Leiningen Versus the Ants" by Carl Stephenson. In 1970, it aired on WVUE-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana as part of its highly publicized switch of channel positions with that city's PBS member station, WYES-TV.
Original Release
03/03/1954
US Release
03/03/1954
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eleanor Parker | Joanna Leiningen |
Charlton Heston | Christopher Leiningen |
Abraham Sofaer | Incacha |
William Conrad | Commissioner |
Romo Vincent | Boat Captain |
Douglas Fowley | Medicine Man |
John Dierkes | Gruber |
Leonard Strong | Kutina |
Norma Calderón | Zala |
Jerado Decordovier | Gruber's Indian |
Directors
Writers
Philip Yordan, Ranald MacDougall, Carl Stephenson, Ben Maddow
Cast
Name | Character |
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Eleanor Parker | Joanna Leiningen |
Charlton Heston | Christopher Leiningen |
Abraham Sofaer | Incacha |
William Conrad | Commissioner |
Romo Vincent | Boat Captain |
Douglas Fowley | Medicine Man |
John Dierkes | Gruber |
Leonard Strong | Kutina |
Norma Calderón | Zala |
Jerado Decordovier | Gruber's Indian |
Pilar Del Rey | Indian Wife |
Bernie Gozier | Gruber's Indian |
Leon Lontoc | Indian |
John Mansfield | Foreman |
Ronald Alan Numkena | Indian Boy |
Rodd Redwing | Indian |
Jack Reitzen | Fat Man |
Carlos Rivero | Indian Husband |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank Freeman Jr. | Producer |
George Pal | Producer |