Man-Eater of Kumaon | |
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Directed by | Byron Haskin |
Screenplay by | Jeanne Bartlett Lewis Meltzer Richard G. Hubler (adaptation) Alden Nash (adaptation) |
Based on | Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett |
Produced by | Monty Shaff Frank P. Rosenberg (associate producer) |
Starring | Sabu Wendell Corey Joanne Page Morris Carnovsky |
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 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
- ↑ "Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948) - Byron Haskin - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie.
- ↑ Martin Booth, Carpet Sahib; A Life of Jim Corbett (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991), 230.
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