Man-Eater of Kumaon
Appearance
Man-Eater of Kumaon | |
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Directed by | Byron Haskin |
Written by | Richard G. Hubler Alden Nash |
Screenplay by | Jeanne Bartiett m Lewis Meltzer |
Produced by | Monty Shaff Frank P. Rosenberg |
Starring | Sabu Wendell Corey Joy Page |
Cinematography | William C. Mellor |
Edited by | George M. Arthur (as George Arthur) |
Music by | Hans J. Salter |
Production company | Shaff Productions |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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