Valley of the Head Hunters (reissued as Valley of Head Hunters) is a 1953 adventure film directed by William Berke and starring Johnny Weissmuller in his eleventh appearance as Jungle Jim.

Plot

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.

Valley of the Head Hunters

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim

Christine Larson as Ellen Shaw

Robert Foulk as Arco

Steven Ritch as Lt. Barry

Nelson Leigh as Mr. Bradley

Joseph Allen as Pico

George Eldredge as District Commissioner Kingston

References

External links

Review of film at Variety

1953 films

Jungle Jim films

Columbia Pictures films

Films set in Kenya

Films directed by William A. Berke

American adventure films

1953 adventure films

American black-and-white films

1950s English-language films

1950s American films

Valley of the Head Hunters