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White Witch Doctor
1953
The story of a woman who followed a dream to the end of the earth ... and found a love that will live to the end of time !
Directed by Henry Hathaway
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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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- Director
- Henry Hathaway
- Written by
- Louise A. Stinetorf, Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff
- Produced by
- Otto Lang
- Composer
- Bernard Herrmann
- Cinematographer
- Leon Shamroy
- Editor
- James B. Clark
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 6.5/10 (10 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.1/10 (803 votes)
Released July 1, 1953
