description The Naked Jungle Overview
The Naked Jungle is a 1954 film directed by Byron Haskin, featuring Charlton Heston and Eleanor Parker. It adapts Carl Stephenson’s 1937 short story about an assault on a Brazilian cocoa plantation by a large colony of army ants. The narrative centers around the conflict between a plantation owner and the insect invasion.
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info The Naked Jungle Specifications
| Country | United States |
| Year | 1954 |
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What is The Naked Jungle about?
The Naked Jungle is a 1954 adventure horror film about an army-ant colony threatening a Brazilian cocoa plantation. The story adapts Carl Stephenson’s short story Leiningen Versus the Ants.
Who stars in The Naked Jungle?
Charlton Heston plays plantation owner Christopher Leiningen, and Eleanor Parker plays his mail-order bride Joanna. Byron Haskin directed the film.
Are the ants in The Naked Jungle based on a real phenomenon?
Army ants are real social insects capable of moving in large, destructive colonies, but the film dramatizes their threat for fiction. The plantation siege is the movie’s central survival set piece.
When was The Naked Jungle released?
The film was released in 1954 by Paramount Pictures. It belongs to the mid-century adventure and horror cycle that used natural threats as the source of suspense.
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