Jungle boy
Television series | |
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German title | Jungle boy |
Original title | The Adventures of a Jungle Boy |
Country of production | Great Britain |
original language | English |
year | 1957 |
length | 30 minutes |
Episodes | 13 in 1 season |
genre | adventure |
idea | Arthur Hoerl |
production |
George Breakston for Gross-Krasne Productions |
music | Phil Green |
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Jungle Boy is a British action adventure television series from the 1950s. The series of 13 episodes first broadcast in 1957 was also shown on German television.
Jungle Boy is about an orphan boy whose parents were killed in a plane crash over the African jungle. From now on he lives in the jungle, with the big cat Cheetah and the doctor Dr. Laurence, who are at his side to help.
Guest appearances in the series had u. a. Patrick Holt , Monica Stevenson , Robert Arden and Leonard Sachs .
All exterior shots were shot on location in Kenya .
In Germany, in addition to the TV episodes, radio plays on 17 cm long-playing records and a book on the TV series by Kurt Vethake have been published .
Next title
- 1: The Prodigal Son ( Meet Jungle Boy )
- 2: The Adoption ( Adoption Story )
- 3: The New Friend ( The Doctor Man )
- 4: The child on the river ( Child by the River )
- 5: The pastor ( The Boy and the Reverend )
- 6: Journey up River
- 7: Young Love ( Young Love )
- 8: Doctor's Dilemma
- 9: The Diamond Fund ( Jungle Boy and the Diamonds )
- 10: The Burial Ground
- 11: The black witch doctor ( The Ways of a Witch Doctor )
- 12: Gangster ( Kidnapped )
- 13: The Big Game Hunters ( Runaway Boy )
Web links and sources
- Dschungelboy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Facts about the series
- Jungle boy on TV series