Between Arline Judge's monotone performance, Jon "Dusty" King's lathargic performance, a man in a gorilla suit, some nasty Nazis and rumor cannibalism, this Monogram programmer only comes to life every time Mantan Moreland is on-screen, even if a good majority of his part is undignified. He's assistant to King's bone collecting American while Judge is a supposed con artist trying to get out of the jungle to the Bay of Good Hope.
The Nazis are there to create tribe uprisings, and Moreland is trying to escape the advances of amorous native Hattie Noel, sister of chief Lawrence Criner, an Oxford educated native. Moreland has a great way with a self-deprecating line, especially when facing either day gorilla in the cave or the amorouss Noel.
One of the "Gone with the Wind" mammies (auditioning potential Scarlets), Noel was a scene-stealer in the same year's "Lady for a Night", had a brief appearance as the Gordon's maid in "Kings Row", and a few years earlier had danced in the Harlem sequence of "Alice Blue Gown" in the film version of "Irene"., so her out of the blue appearance in this film came as a complete delight. This by all means is a pretty bad film, but there are certainly some moments that stand out, even though overall it is pretty downright tacky.
The Nazis are there to create tribe uprisings, and Moreland is trying to escape the advances of amorous native Hattie Noel, sister of chief Lawrence Criner, an Oxford educated native. Moreland has a great way with a self-deprecating line, especially when facing either day gorilla in the cave or the amorouss Noel.
One of the "Gone with the Wind" mammies (auditioning potential Scarlets), Noel was a scene-stealer in the same year's "Lady for a Night", had a brief appearance as the Gordon's maid in "Kings Row", and a few years earlier had danced in the Harlem sequence of "Alice Blue Gown" in the film version of "Irene"., so her out of the blue appearance in this film came as a complete delight. This by all means is a pretty bad film, but there are certainly some moments that stand out, even though overall it is pretty downright tacky.