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 !"

Title: White Witch Doctor
Original Title: White Witch Doctor
Release Date: 1953-07-01
Status: Released
Rating: 6.3/10 (from 9 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Adventure, Horror
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
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?
Cast

Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton

Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas

Walter Slezak
Huysman

Timothy Carey
Jarrett

Mashood Ajala
Jacques

Joseph C. Narcisse
Utembo

Elzie Emanuel
Kapuka

Otis Greene
Bakuba boy

Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)

Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)