White Witch Doctor

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?

Crew

Gerd Oswald

First Assistant Director
Joseph MacDonald

Additional Director of Photography
Bernard Herrmann

Original Music Composer
Dorothy Jeakins

Costume Design
Henry Hathaway

Director
Otto Lang

Producer
Ivan Goff

Screenplay
James B. Clark

Editor
Lyle R. Wheeler

Art Direction
Erich von Stroheim J…

Assistant Director
Richard Rosson

Second Unit Director
Mark-Lee Kirk

Art Direction
Ben Roberts

Screenplay
Ray Kellogg

Visual Effects
Stuart A. Reiss

Set Decoration
Charles G. Clarke

Second Unit Director of Photography
Harry M. Leonard

Sound
Leon Shamroy

Director of Photography
Eva Monley

Script Supervisor
Ben Nye

Makeup Artist
Arthur Lueker

First Assistant Director
Harry Jackson

Second Unit Director of Photography
Eugene Grossman

Sound
Louise A. Stinetorf

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