Jungle Book

"A jewelled secret city...guarded by the jungle's fiercest denizens!"

Apr 3 1942 Approved 1h 48m
Action, Adventure, Family

Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.

Plot

Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. Mowgli learns human language and some human ways quickly, though keeping jungle ideas. Influential Merchant Buldeo is bigoted against 'beasts' including Mowgli; not so Buldeo's pretty daughter, whom Mowgli takes on a jungle tour where they find a treasure, setting the evil of human greed in motion.

Written by

Laurence Stallings, Rudyard Kipling

Directed by

Zoltan Korda

Cast

Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

United Artists, Alexander Korda Films

Languages

English

Awards

Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 5 nominations total

Trailers
Jungle Book ? 1942 ? Trailer
Movie Trailer: Jungle Book (1942)
Featurettes
Ernest Dickerson on THE JUNGLE BOOK
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