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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?

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White Witch Doctor

July 1, 1953
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Cast (10)

Susan Hayward
Ellen Burton
Robert Mitchum
John 'Lonni' Douglas
Otis Greene
Bakuba boy
Everett Brown
Bakuba King (uncredited)
Michael Ansara
De Gama (uncredited)

Crew (24)

Directing

Gerd Oswald
First Assistant Director
Richard Rosson
Second Unit Director
Erich von Stroheim Jr.
Assistant Director
Henry Hathaway
Director
Eva Monley
Script Supervisor
Arthur Lueker
First Assistant Director

Writing

Ben Roberts
Screenplay
Ivan Goff
Screenplay

Production

Otto Lang
Producer

Sound

Bernard Herrmann
Original Music Composer

Art

Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Stuart A. Reiss
Set Decoration
Mark-Lee Kirk
Art Direction

Camera

Joseph MacDonald
Additional Director of Photography
Charles G. Clarke
Second Unit Director of Photography
Harry Jackson
Second Unit Director of Photography
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Dorothy Jeakins
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist

Crew

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Editing

Lighting

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Visual Effects

Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects