Ramar of the Jungle

For a related series starring Johnny Weismuller, Martin Huston and Dean Fredericks, see Jungle Jim (TV series).

Ramar of the Jungle was a syndicated American television series (1952–1953) that starred Jon Hall as Dr. Tom Reynolds[1] (the titular “ramar,” an African title for a white medicine man) and Ray Montgomery as his associate, Professor Howard Ogden. Episodes were set in Africa and India. Produced by Rudolph Flothow for Arrow Productions and ITC Entertainment, four sets of 13 episodes were produced for a total of 52. Each episode runs approximately 25 minutes. In season one, the first 13 episodes are set in Africa and the second 13 are set in India. For the second season, all 26 episodes take place in Africa.

Several television episodes were combined and released as theatrical movies by producer Leon Fromkess.[2]

Since at least seven episodes have fallen into the public domain, those that have done so have been released on several DVDs through discount & "dollar" stores. Each disc contains approx. 4 episodes, with no extras available.

Alphabetical list of episodes

  • Blind Peril
  • The Blue Treasure
  • The Bride of the Idol
  • The Burning Barrier
  • Call to Danger
  • Contraband
  • The Crocodile God of Kaa
  • Curse of the Devil Doll
  • Danger in Disguise
  • Dark Justice
  • Dark Venture
  • The Devil Soul
  • The Doomed Safari
  • Drums of Doom
  • Drums of the Jungle
  • Evil Strangers
  • Evil Trek
  • The Flaming Mountain
  • The Flower of Doom
  • The Forbidden Village
  • The Golden Tablet
  • The Hidden Treasure
  • Idol Voo-Doo
  • Jungle Terror
  • Jungle Treasure
  • Jungle Vengeance
  • King of the Watus
  • Lady of the Leopards
  • The Lost Safari
  • The Mark of Shaitan
  • Mark of the Bola
  • The Mask of Kreenah
  • The Mystic Pawn
  • The Road of No Return
  • The Sacred Monkey
  • Savage Fury
  • Striped Fury
  • Thunder over Sangland
  • The Tiger's Claw
  • Trail to Danger
  • The Tree of Death
  • Tribal Feud
  • The Unknown Terror
  • Urn of Destiny
  • Valley of No Return
  • The Voice in the Sky
  • Voice of the Past
  • White Man's Magic
  • White Savages
  • Zombie Terror

List of Movies

Four movies were made for Lippert Pictures by combining several TV episodes together:

In addition, seven movies were made for television viewing:

Merchandising

Ramar's popularity in not only its initial run but syndication led to a wide variety of tie-in toy guns, comic books, board games, costumes, iron-on shirt transfers, and playsets.

Popular culture

Jimmy Buffett referenced this show in his song "Pencil Thin Mustache" in the verse, "Ramar of the Jungle was everyone's bwana, but only jazz musicians were smoking marijuana."

References

  1. ↑ McNeil, Alex (1996). Total Television. Penguin Books USA, Inc. ISBN 0-14-02-4916-8. P. 683.
  2. ↑ Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 11. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 2014-11-23.

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