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Jungle Jim

1955 - 1956NR20m7.4

Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weissmuller, as James "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa.

Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weissmuller, as James "Jungle Jim" Bradley, a hunter, guide, and explorer in, primarily, Africa. The program should not be confused with Ramar of the Jungle, but is based on the Jungle Jim comic strip created by Alex Raymond and Don Moore.[1] Starring with Weissmuller were Martin Huston as Jungle Jim's teenage son, Skipper; Dean Fredericks (also known as Norman Fredric) as Haseem, the Hindu manservant, and Neal, a chimpanzee from the World Jungle Compound, as Tamba. Paul Cavanagh played Commissioner Morrison in nine episodes.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Man Killer

1. Man Killer

Aired: Sep 26, 1955

An inexperienced hunter shoots, but fails to kill a lion. When the wounded an...

Episode 2 Land of Terror

2. Land of Terror

Aired: Oct 3, 1955

Jungle Jim attempts to rescue a scientist who is lost in rugged country inhab...

Episode 4 Lagoon of Death

4. Lagoon of Death

Aired: Oct 17, 1955

Thieves force Jungle Jim to guide them to an island where cannibals keep a tr...

Episode 5 A Fortune in Ivory

5. A Fortune in Ivory

Aired: Oct 24, 1955

Skipper and his tutor are captured when they accidentally discover a cache of...

Episode 6 Jungle Justice

6. Jungle Justice

Aired: Oct 31, 1955

When Kaseem's friend Niron is falsely accused of stealing, he turns to Jungle...

Episode 7 The Eyes of Minobo

7. The Eyes of Minobo

Aired: Nov 7, 1955

Commissioner Morrison asks Jungle Jim to prevent the Basuto tribe from starti...

Episode 8 The King's Ghost

8. The King's Ghost

Aired: Nov 14, 1955

An explorer requests the assistance of Jungle Jim and friends when she goes t...

Episode 9 White Magic

9. White Magic

Aired: Nov 21, 1955

A native who attended medical school through Jungle Jim's assistance returns ...

Episode 10 The Deadly Idol

10. The Deadly Idol

Aired: Nov 28, 1955

Jungle Jim agrees to guide Commissioner Morrison's new assistant to a meeting...

Episode 11 The Leopard's Paw

11. The Leopard's Paw

Aired: Dec 5, 1955

A native youth who must kill a leopard to prove he is ready to be a warrior, ...

Episode 12 Man from Zanzibar

12. Man from Zanzibar

Aired: Dec 12, 1955

A jewel thief posing as an insurance investigator plots to retrieve a cache o...

Episode 13 Precious Cargo

13. Precious Cargo

Aired: Dec 19, 1955

Jungle Jim and Skipper find a baby floating alone in a raft. There efforts to...

Episode 14 The Golden Parasol

14. The Golden Parasol

Aired: Dec 26, 1955

King Otumfo accuses Skipper's pet chimpanzee of stealing his golden parasol a...

Episode 17 Safari Into Danger

17. Safari Into Danger

Aired: Jan 16, 1956

Jungle Jim's insensitive employers infuriate a pygmy tribe while Jim tries to...

Episode 18 Blood Money

18. Blood Money

Aired: Jan 23, 1956

Hoping to convince a wealthy man to give money to build a new school for loca...

Episode 19 Striped Fury

19. Striped Fury

Aired: Jan 30, 1956

Jungle Jim is asked to travel to India to rid the countryside of a man-eating...

Episode 20 Sacred Scarab

20. Sacred Scarab

Aired: Feb 6, 1956

Convinced that two criminals are actually members of an international police ...

Episode 21 Voodoo Drums

21. Voodoo Drums

Aired: Feb 13, 1956

Jungle Jim investigates the reason a tribe sounds their war drums after their...

Episode 22 The Avenger

22. The Avenger

Aired: Feb 20, 1956

Three hunters hire Jungle Jim to serve as a guide for their quest to capture ...

Episode 24 The Silver Locket

24. The Silver Locket

Aired: Mar 5, 1956

Jungle Jim discovers a lion he has just captured is wearing the locket of a b...

Episode 25 Gift of Evil

25. Gift of Evil

Aired: Mar 12, 1956

Skipper helps a trader sell his goods to local villagers not realizing that t...

Episode 26 Power of Darkness

26. Power of Darkness

Aired: Mar 19, 1956

Jungle Jim leads a party into the Himalayas to observe a solar eclipse. They ...

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Genres:Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Action