Summary
White Witch Doctor is an American adventure film first released in 1953,
directed by Henry Hathaway.
The film is based on a novel by Louise A. Stinetorf and stars Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Walter Slezak, Mashood Ajala and Joseph C. Narcisse.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Write a synopsis for this film...
Write a synopsis for this film...
Review
User Comments
Useful links
- Best French films of 2011
- Best French films of the 2000s
- Best of the French New Wave
- Best of French film comedy
- The best 100 French films
- The most successful French films
- Great French filmmakers
Related links
- Other American films of the 1950s
- The best American films of the 1950s
- Biography and films of Henry Hathaway
To buy this film
Check DVD and Blu-ray availability:
Credits
- Director: Henry Hathaway
- Script: Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, Louise A. Stinetorf (novel)
- Photo: Leon Shamroy
- Music: Bernard Herrmann
- Cast: Susan Hayward (Ellen Burton), Robert Mitchum (John ’Lonni’ Douglas), Walter Slezak (Huysman), Mashood Ajala (Jacques), Joseph C. Narcisse (Utembo), Elzie Emanuel (Kapuka), Timothy Carey (Jarrett), Otis Greene (Bakuba boy), Nnaemeka Akosa, Leo C. Aldridge-Milas (Council member), Myrtle Anderson (Aganza), Michael Ansara (De Gama), Anyaogu, Everett Brown (Bakuba king), Louis Polliman Brown (Councilman), Naaman Brown (Witch doctor), Charles Gemora (Gorilla), Michael Granger (Paal), Dorothy Harris (Chief’s wife), Henry Hastings (Bit part), John Iboko (Bit part), Elechukwu Njakar, Chukemeka Okeke, Floyd Shackelford (Native), Paul Thompson (Witch doctor), Gabriel Ukaegbu (Native)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 96 min
Similar films
If you like this film you may also like the following:- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
- Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
- King Kong (1933)
- Lost Horizon (1937)
- Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
- The Sea Hawk (1940)
- The Time Machine (1960)
Important French filmmakers






- François Truffaut
- Jean Cocteau
- Abel Gance
- Jacques Demy
- Jacques Rivette
- Jean Renoir
- Jean Grémillon
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Marcel Carné
- Claude Chabrol
- Claude Lelouch
- Réné Clair
- Marcel Pagnol
- Eric Rohmer
- François Ozon
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Bertrand Blier
- Claire Denis
- Jacques Tati
- Jacques Audiard
- Maurice Pialat
- Robert Guédiguian

Adventure


