Valley of the Head Hunters

Valley of the Head Hunters (aka Valley of Head Hunters)
Directed by	William Berke
Based on	Jungle Jim 1934-1954 comic strip by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller
Cinematography	William P. Whitley
Edited by	Gene Havlick
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production company	The Katzman Corporation
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	July 23, 1953 (1953-07-23)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

Cast

• Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
• Christine Larson as Ellen Shaw
• Robert Foulk as Arco
• Steven Ritch as Lieutenant Barry
• Nelson Leigh as Mr. Bradley
• Joseph Allen as Pico
• George Eldredge as District Commissioner Kingston

External links

• Valley of the Head Hunters at IMDb
• Valley of the Head Hunters at the TCM Movie Database (archived)
• Valley of the Head Hunters at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Review of film at Variety