Man-Eater of Kumaon
Directed byByron Haskin
Screenplay byJeanne Bartlett
Lewis Meltzer
Richard G. Hubler (adaptation)
Alden Nash (adaptation)
Based onMan-Eaters of Kumaon
by Jim Corbett
Produced byMonty Shaff
Frank P. Rosenberg (associate producer)
StarringSabu
Wendell Corey
Joanne Page
Morris Carnovsky
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 Joanne 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. The film was a box office flop, although some interesting footage of the tiger was filmed. Corbett is known to have said that "the best actor was the tiger".[2]

Plot

Dr. John Collins visits India, where he learns from native couple Narain and Lali during a tiger hunt.

Cast

  • Sabu as Narain
  • Wendell Corey as Dr. John Collins
  • Joanne Page as Lali
  • Morris Carnovsky as Ganga Ram
  • Argentina Brunetti as Sita
  • James Moss as 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.
  2. Martin Booth, Carpet Sahib; A Life of Jim Corbett (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 230.


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