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Man-Eater of Kumaon

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Man-Eater of Kumaon
Directed byByron Haskin
Written byRichard G. Hubler
Alden Nash
Screenplay byJeanne Bartiett m
Lewis Meltzer
Produced byMonty Shaff
Frank P. Rosenberg
StarringSabu
Wendell Corey
Joy Page
CinematographyWilliam C. Mellor
Edited byGeorge M. Arthur
(as George Arthur)
Music byHans J. Salter
Production
company
Shaff Productions
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 1, 1948 (1948-07-01)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Man-Eater of Kumaon is a 1948 American adventure film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Sabu, Wendell Corey and Joy Page.[1] The film was made after the success of the Jim Corbett book Man-Eaters of Kumaon, published in 1944. The film was not based on any of the stories of the Corbett's bestselling book, but used a fictional plot.

Plot

A white doctor (Wendell Corey) learns from a native couple (Sabu, Joy Page) during a tiger hunt in India.

Cast

  • Sabu as Narain
  • Wendell Corey as Dr. John Collins
  • Joy Page as Lali (billed as Joanne Page)
  • Morris Carnovsky as Ganga Ram
  • Argentina Brunetti as Sita
  • Jimmy Mossas Panwah
  • Ted Hecht as Native doctor
  • John Mansfield as Bearer
  • Eddie Das as Ox-Cart Driver
  • Charles Wagenheim as Panwah's Father
  • Estelle Dodge as Panwah's mother
  • Lal Chand Mehra as Farmer
  • Phiroze Nazir as Farmer
  • Virginia Wave as Farmer
  • Frank Lackteen as Villager
  • Jerry Riggio as Villager
  • Neyle Morrow as Villager
  • Ralph Moody as Villager
  • Alan Foster as Villager

References

  1. ^ "Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948) - Byron Haskin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.