Man-Eater of Kumaon
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. 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".
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
- 1948 films
- 1948 adventure films
- Films directed by Byron Haskin
- Films about tigers
- Films set in Uttarakhand
- Films scored by Hans J. Salter
- American adventure films
- American black-and-white films
- Films set in India
- Kumaon division
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Tigers in India
- 1940s American films
- Adventure film stubs