Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till 1956, starring Johnny Weismuller, as Jim "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. Starring with Weismuller were Martin Huston as Jungle Jim's teenage son, Skipper; Dean Fredericks as Haseem, the Hindu manservant, and Neal, a chimpanzee from the World Jungle Compound, as Tamba. Paul Cavanagh played Commissioner Morrison in nine episodes.
Produced by Harold Greene, the series was filmed by Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. The program aired in 158 American media markets and in thirty-eight other nations.Earl Bellamy directed the first four episodes of the new series. The series capitalized on the popularity of Weismuller, who had just completed his last film of Tarzan, the jungle character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Jungle Jim was a low-budget offering that relied heavily on stock footage and was not renewed beyond its original episodes.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Man Killer | 1955-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Land of Terror | 1955-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Treasure of the Amazon | 1955-10-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Lagoon of Death | 1955-10-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | A Fortune in Ivory | 1955-10-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Jungle Justice | 1955-10-31 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Eyes of Manobo | 1955-11-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The King's Ghost | 1955-11-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | White Magic | 1955-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Deadly Idol | 1955-11-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Leopard's Paw | 1955-12-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Man from Zanzibar | 1955-12-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Precious Cargo | 1955-12-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Golden Parasol | 1955-12-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | Code of the Jungle | 1956-01-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | Wild Man of the Jungle | 1956-01-09 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Safari into Danger | 1956-01-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | Blood Money | 1956-01-23 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | Striped Fury | 1956-01-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Sacred Scarab | 1956-02-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Voodoo Drums | 1956-02-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Avenger | 1956-02-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Return of the Tauregs | 1956-02-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | The Silver Locket | 1956-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | Gift of Evil | 1956-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | Power of Darkness | 1956-03-19 | 30 min |