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Polio Minor 
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DIRECTOR |
Lester
William Berke
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A scientist,
Hilary Parker, is after a drug to help the fight |
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against
polio. A man offers his help but he's actually after |
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gold. One of
Weissmuller's later Tarzan films. |
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Based on
comic strip "Jungle Jim". And one of sixteen Jungle Jim films. |
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A variation
on the Tarzan films. Jungle Jim is guide to a |
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woman
scientist who is in the African jungle looking for a herb which will
cure infantile paralysis. In 1948 this would be very topical with
many epidemics of polio around the world. This film might
be compared with Medicine Man (1992) in which scientist
(Sean Connery) finds a cure for cancer. |
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Woman doctor
(as scientist) searching for the temple of |
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Zimbalu
(sic?) for archaeological treasure and cure for infantile |
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paralysis.
This is actually a poison used by 'natives' to |
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There is the
usual nonsense in the jungles outside L.A. with |
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lots of
animal capers as filler. Jungle Jim gets to fight with a |
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crocodile
and a lion. There is some kind of 'native' woman |
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(not black)
wearing a very short wrap. And the Africans |
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appear to be
played by white men. |
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The cure for
polio is found, enough for 1,000s which seems to me an
incredibly irresponsible story. |
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