The Naked Jungle

The Leiningen South American cocoa plantation is threatened by a 2-mile-wide, 20-mile-long column of army ants.

Cast

Eleanor Parker

as Joanna Leiningen

Charlton Heston

as Christopher Leiningen

Abraham Sofaer

as Incacha

William Conrad

as Commissioner

Romo Vincent

as Boat Captain

Douglas Fowley

as Medicine Man

John Dierkes

as Gruber

Leonard Strong

as Kutina

Norma Calderón

as Zala

Jerado Decordovier

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