The Call of the Savage (1935) is a Universal film serial based on the story Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline. It was directed by Lew Landers and released by Universal Pictures.[1][2]
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| Directed by | Lew Landers |
| Written by | Basil Dickey Nate Gatzert George H. Plympton |
| Produced by | Milton Gatzert Henry MacRae |
| Starring | Noah Beery Jr. Dorothy Short Harry Woods Bryant Washburn |
| Cinematography | William A. Sickner Richard Fryer |
| Edited by | Irving Applebaum Saul A. Goodkind Alvin Todd Edward Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (231 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Two teams of scientists scour the dark jungles of Africa to find a secret formula.
Chapter titles
- Shipwrecked
- Captured by Cannibals
- Stampeding Death
- Terrors of the Jungle
- The Plunge of Peril
- Thundering Waters
- The Hidden Monster
- Jungle Treachery
- The Avenging Fire God
- Descending Doom
- The Dragon Strikes
- The Pit of Flame
Cast
- Noah Beery Jr. as Jan Trevor
- Dorothy Short as Mona Andreas
- Harry Woods as Borno
- Bryant Washburn as Dr. Harry Trevor
- Walter Meller as Dr. Frank Bracken
- Fred MacKaye as Dr. Charles Phillips
- John Davidson as Prince Samu
- J. Frank Glendon as Speaker at conference
- William Desmond as Allen
- Grace Cunard as Mrs. Camerford Amster
- Viva Tattersall as Georgia Trevor
Production
Call of the Savage features "Jan, the Jungle Boy" and was based on "Jan of the Jungle" by Otis Adelbert Kline, a successful pulp story which rivalled the Tarzan series.[3][4]
In 1956 material from this serial was edited into a 70-minute film called Savage Fury.[5]
