Lost City of the Jungle

Lost City of the Jungle
by Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor

Lost City of the Jungle
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Actor: Helen Bennett, Jane Adams, Keye Luke, Lionel Atwill, Russell Hayden
Director: Lewis D. Collins, Ray Taylor
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 247 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-12-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Vci Video

Movie Reviews of Lost City of the Jungle

Movie Review: My First Cliff-Hanger Serial
Summary: 3 Stars

When I was a kid, I spent my Saturday afternoons at the now long departed Roycroft Theater in Seattle, watching a shoot-'em-up movie, cartoons and, most importantly, the latest exciting chapter of a cliff-hanger serial.

I outgrew those 13-chapter, low-budget actioners years ago, but some of them have remained etched in my memory. One of the most vivid is LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE (1946), which is, in fact, the first serial I ever saw.

I must have been five or six years old when I saw that one, so when VCI Entertainment released it onto DVD, nostalgia made me want to revisit those innocent moments of my youth.

Set following World War II, the story (such as it is) centers around super villain Lionel Atwill, who wants to get his hands on a rare substance that is located in a lost city, somewhere in the jungles of the Himalayas. This substance will neutralize the atomic bomb and allow Atwill to rule the world. Secret agents Russell Hayden and Keye Luke, working for the United Peace Foundation, are assigned to stop him.

As in all good serials, our heroes are threatened (at the end of each chapter) with landslides, earthquakes and other terrible threats that they miraculously survive at the beginning of the following chapter.

Even though the dialogue and the acting in LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE leave much to be desired, these 13-chapters are still fun to watch.

What's really interesting is to see how the writers were able to write around Atwill's lead villain character, because the actor died midway through the filming.

Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins directed LOST CITY OF THE JUNGLE, which co-stars Jane Adams.

? Michael B. Druxman

Summary of Lost City of the Jungle

Following the end of WWII, war-monger Sir Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) sets the wheel in motion for WWIII. His search for Meteorium 245, the only practical defense against the atomic bomb, leads him to mythical Pendrang. Obstructing his sinister plan to rule the world are Rod Stanton (Russell Hayden), United Peace Foundation investigator, Tal Shan (Keye Luke), Pendrang native, and Marjorie Elmore (Jane Adams), daughter of scientist Dr. Elmore (John Eldredge), unwilling assistant to Sir Eric. Bonus Features: Scene Selections| Bios| Trailers. Specs: DVD9; Dolby Digital Mono; 247 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1946; SRP - $19.99.

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