Toast N' Jam Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I'm looking for a movie I saw as a kid on TV. It was set in the jungle I believe in Southeast Asia (Malaya, Burma?). I'm sure it was made in the 30s. Various people are trapped in a plantation type house surrounded by jungle and being besiege by local natives. Saw it in the early 60s, that's all I got. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Your description reminds me of CONGO MAISIE, which was a reworking of RED DUST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Could be my favorite pre-code, "Kongo" with Walter Huston; (aka, "West of Zanzibar" silent version with Lon Chaney) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted November 22, 2018 Author Share Posted November 22, 2018 Thank's but it neither of these two movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I think we can also rule out The Alamo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomJH Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 It could be White Woman (Carole Lombard, Charles Laughton) or its remake Island of Lost Men (Anna May Wong, J. Carol Naish). At the end of both films the "king of the jungle" (either Laughton or Naish) is trapped in a plantation house surrounded by Amazon natives over whom they had previously ruled. There is only one bullet left in a gun, which they want to use for suicide rather than face native torture but the bullet is used instead by some else with them for the same purpose, leaving "the king" alone to face the natives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 What about Richard Attenboodle in 'Guns at Batasi'? Rod Taylor and Yvette Mimeograph in 'Dark of the Sun'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted November 28, 2018 Author Share Posted November 28, 2018 Thanks again but I check out those movies and it not White Woman, Island Of Lost Men, Guns at Batasi or Dark of the Sun. There was no military involved, just civilians besiege in a jungle plantation type home. Saw it on TV in the early 60's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Markoff Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 King Solomon's Mines? Harry and The Tiger? The Roots of Heaven? The Macomber Affair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 How 'bout Island of Lost Souls (1932)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Sounds a bit like the ending of Tell It to the Marines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhov Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Could it have been Laurel and Hardy in Bonnie Scotland or Beau Hunks? Both films end with a stand off between the Brits in the Fort and the natives who are attacking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cigarjoe Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 It definitely wasn't Trader Hornee (1971) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 Sorry none of those. Wasn't a comedy and no military involved. From what I can recall the majority of the movie was just the civilians being besiege in a jungle plantation type home. IIRC it had the usual trope of the unseen natives constantly drumming when not attacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 How 'bout Something of Value (1957)? With Sidney Poitier, Rock Hudson, Wendy Hiller, and Juano Hernandez: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2060/Something-of-Value/ Click on READ THE FULL SYNOPSIS button for a detailed description of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, TOASTnJAM said: Sorry none of those. Wasn't a comedy and no military involved. From what I can recall the majority of the movie was just the civilians being besiege in a jungle plantation type home. IIRC it had the usual trope of the unseen natives constantly drumming when not attacking. Your mention of natives' drumming throws me off. Did Burmese or Malaysian natives drum? Are you sure it wasn't Africa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Swithin said: Your mention of natives' drumming throws me off. Did Burmese or Malaysian natives drum? Are you sure it wasn't Africa? In old movies, the natives always drummed, no matter their geographic location. There wasn't exactly a lot of striving for anthropological accuracy going on. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swithin Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 18 minutes ago, LawrenceA said: In old movies, the natives always drummed, no matter their geographic location. There wasn't exactly a lot of striving for anthropological accuracy going on. There was an interesting comment in a Tarzan movie once. Tarzan was questioning two natives from different tribes. He didn't trust them. He asked each of them to do their tribe's dance, which would convince Tarzan that they were from the tribes that they claimed to be from. I thought that was pretty enlightened, on the part of Tarzan and the writers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dskow Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Let's try "From Hell it came" (1957) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 "From Hell it came" No not a horror movie. Funny you should mention that movie. My godfather played the monster in that movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 As I said before: How 'bout Something of Value (1957)? With Sidney Poitier, Rock Hudson, Wendy Hiller, and Juano Hernandez: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2060/Something-of-Value/ Click on READ THE FULL SYNOPSIS button for a detailed description of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted December 20, 2018 Author Share Posted December 20, 2018 slaytonf I've seen Something Of Value and it's not it but thanks. I'm pretty sure he majority of the movie takes place in the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slaytonf Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, TOASTnJAM said: slaytonf I've seen Something Of Value and it's not it but thanks. I'm pretty sure he majority of the movie takes place in the house. Dang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Is it ESCAPE TO BURMA..? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_to_Burma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast N' Jam Posted December 23, 2018 Author Share Posted December 23, 2018 Found it It's Green Hell (1940) My vague memory got the location wrong, it takes place in South America https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032558/reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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