Jungle Jim
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.
- 1955-1956
- 1 season
- Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
- Action & Adventure, Suspense, Horror
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.
Season 1 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1955 - 1956
Episode 1
Man Killer
Mon, Sep 26, 1955 30 mins
An inexperienced hunter shoots, but fails to kill a lion. When the wounded animal goes on a killing rampage, it's up to Jungle Jim to find and kill the big cat.
Episode 2
Land of Terror
Mon, Oct 3, 1955 30 mins
Jungle Jim attempts to rescue a scientist who is lost in rugged country inhabited by man-eating lizards.
Episode 3
Treasure of the Amazon
Mon, Oct 10, 1955 30 mins
Jungle Jim is tricked into assisting a pair of criminals masquerading as archaeologists find a lost Inca city.
Episode 4
Lagoon of Death
Mon, Oct 17, 1955 30 mins
Thieves force Jungle Jim to guide them to an island where cannibals keep a treasure of black pearls.
Episode 5
A Fortune in Ivory
Mon, Oct 24, 1955 30 mins
Skipper and his tutor are captured when they accidentally discover a cache of ivory which a crook was preparing for shipment.
Episode 6
Jungle Justice
Mon, Oct 31, 1955 30 mins
When Kaseem's friend Niron is falsely accused of stealing, he turns to Jungle Jim for help in capturing the real crook.
Episode 7
The Eyes of Minobo
Mon, Nov 7, 1955 30 mins
Commissioner Morrison asks Jungle Jim to prevent the Basuto tribe from starting a war with the Wazuries. The Basutos are convinced that their enemies have stolen the eyes of their idol, each one a gem of enormous value.
Episode 8
The King's Ghost
Mon, Nov 14, 1955 30 mins
Jungle Jim and his friends agree to guide a woman who years earlier survived a airplane crash when she was nursed back to health by a New Guinea tribal chief and now wishes to return to film a documentary about the chief and his village. Although the natives are considered dangerous, the woman was given a necklace by the chief to allow her safe passage should she ever wish to return. During the journey, a pair of thieves steal the necklace in furtherance of their scheme to take a cache of diamonds the natives are known to possess.
Episode 9
White Magic
Mon, Nov 21, 1955 30 mins
A native who attended medical school through Jungle Jim's assistance returns to his village only have the tribes witch doctor plot against him.
Episode 10
The Deadly Idol
Mon, Nov 28, 1955 30 mins
Jungle Jim agrees to guide Commissioner Morrison's new assistant to a meeting with the Maku tribe.
Episode 11
The Leopard's Paw
Mon, Dec 5, 1955 30 mins
A native youth who must kill a leopard to prove he is ready to be a warrior, requires the help of Jungle Jim in order to pass his test.
Episode 12
Man from Zanzibar
Mon, Dec 12, 1955 30 mins
A jewel thief posing as an insurance investigator plots to retrieve a cache of pearls before Jungle Jim and friends learn his true identity.
Episode 13
Precious Cargo
Mon, Dec 19, 1955 30 mins
Jungle Jim and Skipper find a baby floating alone in a raft. There efforts to find the child's parents lead them to a pair of adventurers who are holding the child's millionaire parents for ransom.
Episode 14
The Golden Parasol
Mon, Dec 26, 1955 30 mins
King Otumfo accuses Skipper's pet chimpanzee of stealing his golden parasol and orders him executed if Jungle Jim can't find the parasol by sundown. In order to save Tamba's life, Jim must locate the two escaped convicts who actually committed the crime.
Episode 15
The Code of the Jungle
Mon, Jan 2, 1956 30 mins
Jealous of the attention Martin is giving his new dog, Tamba the chimpanzee leads the dog into the jungle. The resourceful pup, rather than becoming lost, finds the campsite of a former guide.
Episode 16
Wild Man of the Jungle
Mon, Jan 9, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim receives a request for assistance from his old friend Wilhelm Camphausen, the owner of a rubber plantation in Sumatra. Someone or something is destroying rubber trees and attacking the native workers' village. The natives believe a wild man is behind the outrages and insist on defending their homes instead of tapping the rubber trees. When Jungle Jim captures "The Wild Man", Wilhelm discovers that the man is actually a British officer who was unaware that World War II had ended ten years earlier. Nevertheless, the natives still blame the emaciated flight lieutenant for injuring their friends and prepare to execute the captive.
Episode 17
Safari Into Danger
Mon, Jan 16, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim's insensitive employers infuriate a pygmy tribe while Jim tries to capture animals for an American circus.
Episode 18
Blood Money
Mon, Jan 23, 1956 30 mins
Hoping to convince a wealthy man to give money to build a new school for local tribesman, Jungle Jim agrees to serve as a guide the potential donor and his obnoxious daughter.
Episode 19
Striped Fury
Mon, Jan 30, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim is asked to travel to India to rid the countryside of a man-eating tiger. When he arrives, Jim discovers that a native tribe are using the tiger to extort protection money from other inhabitants.
Episode 20
Sacred Scarab
Mon, Feb 6, 1956 30 mins
Convinced that two criminals are actually members of an international police force, Jungle Jim agrees to guide the pair of thugs to a plane wreck where a priceless scarab was part of its cargo.
Episode 21
Voodoo Drums
Mon, Feb 13, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim investigates the reason a tribe sounds their war drums after their chief promised to work for peace.
Episode 22
The Avenger
Mon, Feb 20, 1956 30 mins
Three hunters hire Jungle Jim to serve as a guide for their quest to capture black panthers. Trouble starts when a fourth hunter, bent on revenge, joins the safari.
Episode 23
Return of the Tauregs
Mon, Feb 27, 1956 30 mins
While on an expedition to capture rare butterflies, a professor stumbles into a band of slave traders and his native guides captured. Jungle Jim leads the rescue party tracking the kidnappers.
Episode 24
The Silver Locket
Mon, Mar 5, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim discovers a lion he has just captured is wearing the locket of a baby who was lost in the jungle years ago. He leads an expedition to find the missing girl.
Episode 25
Gift of Evil
Mon, Mar 12, 1956 30 mins
Skipper helps a trader sell his goods to local villagers not realizing that the quack's bottles of medicine are not only worthless, but contaminated.
Episode 26
Power of Darkness
Mon, Mar 19, 1956 30 mins
Jungle Jim leads a party into the Himalayas to observe a solar eclipse. They stumble into a strange Tibetan kingdom ruled by a white man. Jim must effect their escape by trying to convince the superstitious natives that he can make the sun disappear.