Jungle Queen (1945) is a Universal movie serial. This serial was later re-edited into a feature film for television called Jungle Safari (1956).
Plot
In 1939, Nazi Germany sends a team of agents to incite revolt and seize British Middle Africa as a first step in conquering Africa. Attempting to place their own sympathiser in charge of the local tribe, they face resistance from Pamela Courtney searching for her Uncle Allen Courtney, a pair of American volunteers and the mysterious Jungle Queen Lothel, who appears out of nowhere in her nightgown to give advice and instructions to the tribe.
Cast
Edward Norris as Bob Elliot
Eddie Quillan as Chuck Kelly
Douglass Dumbrille as Lang, the Nazi villain
Lois Collier as Pamela Courtney
Ruth Roman as Lothel, Jungle Queen
Tala Birell as Dr. Elise Bork
Clarence Muse as Kyba
Cy Kendall as Tambosa Tim
Clinton Rosemond as Godac
Lumsden Hare as Mr X
Lester Matthews as Commissioner Braham Chatterton
Napoleon Simpson as Maati
Budd Buster as Jungle Jack
Emmett Smith as Noma
James Baskett as Orbon
Critical reception
Cline writes that "although well produced, it often became bogged down with complicated plot twists, psychological debates and confusion as to who was on whose side, and what was really being accomplished." The Jungle Queen herself is never adequately explained.
Chapter titles
Invitation to Danger
Jungle Sacrifice
The Flaming Mountain
Wildcat Stampede
The Burning Jungle
Danger Ship
Trip-wire Murder
The Mortar Bomb
Death Watch
Execution Chamber
The Trail of Doom
Dragged Under
The Secret of the Sword! Source:
Production
The serial reuses aircraft footage from Five Came Back (1939) as well as volcano and crocodile attack footage from East of Borneo (1931).