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Jungle Book

A jewelled secret city...guarded by the jungle's fiercest denizens!

6.3 / 10

106 minutes

1942-04-03

English

US

Actors :

Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary DeCamp, Patricia O'Rourke, Ralph Byrd, Faith Brook, Noble Johnson, John Mather, Mel Blanc, Rama Bai, Martha Wentworth

Description

Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.

Reviews

r96sk

r96sk

6/23/2021, 3:58:53 PM

I didn't find entertainment watching this <em>'Jungle Book'</em>. I will say, as many others have, colour-wise it looks real neat. I'm admittedly not a huge fan of any adaptation of this classic story yet, though do thoroughly enjoy the 1994 and 2016 versions; as well as liking the 1967 animated attempt, of course. This 1942 film is my least favourite so far. The way it is all told didn't in...

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/26/2022, 5:51:23 AM

A British lady is shopping in a marketplace when she happens upon a storyteller who is regaling his listeners with a tale of adventure: an infant "Mowgli" (Sabu) wanders off from his crib into the jungle; his parents seek him out but his father falls prey to the deadly tiger "Shere Khan" and in all the confusion the child is lost. He finds himself in a cave with wolves who treat him as one of thei...