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White Witch Doctor(Movie, 1953)

1h 36min | Genre: Adventure

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

White Witch Doctor is a 1953 Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Walter Slezak. Made by 20th Century Fox, it was produced by Otto Lang from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, based on the 1950 novel by Louise Allender Stinetorf (1900-1992). The music score (notable for its use of the serpent, an obsolete instrument) was by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography by Leon Shamroy. The film was set in the Belgian Congo in 1907. ()

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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?

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Plays in: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Made by: 20th Century Fox

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 07/01/1953

Cast: Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Walter Slezak, Timothy Carey, Charles Gemora, Michael Ansara, Everett Brown

Director: Henry Hathaway

Producer: Otto Lang

Screenwriter: Ivan Goff

Film Editor: James B. Clark

Director of Photography: Leon Shamroy

Composer: Bernard Herrmann

Costume designer: Dorothy Jeakins

Production Designer: Mark-Lee Kirk

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Weisse Frau am Kongo"

Keywords: big game hunter, zaire, africa, early 1900s

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