Jungle Moon Men

Jungle Moon Men
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles S. Gould
Screenplay byJo Pagano
Dwight Babcock
Story byJo Pagano
Based onJungle Jim
1934-1954 comic strip
by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringJohnny Weissmuller
Jean Byron
Myron Healey
CinematographyHenry Freulich
Edited byHenry Batista
Music byMischa Bakaleinikoff
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 1955 (1955-04)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Jungle Moon Men (1955) is the fifteenth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It features Johnny Weissmuller in his second performance as the protagonist adventurer Johnny Weissmuller. The film was directed by Charles S. Gould and written by Dwight Babcock and Jo Pagano.

The film centres on jungle roamer Johnny Weissmuller and his team attempting to rescue an acquaintance in the jungle of Baku, which is inhabited by "moon men" worshipping an apparent Moon Goddess. Filming took place in May 1954 in California. It was theatrically released in the United States in April 1955.