Tiger Fangs
Encyclopedia
Tiger Fangs is a 1943 American
adventure
/thriller film starring Frank Buck
.
tangles with Nazis who have been doping tigers in Malaya, thereby making man-eaters of them. With the cats on a rampage, rubber production is seriously curtailed and the Allied war effort jeopardized. Buck and his associates, J. Farrell MacDonald
, Duncan Renaldo
and June Duprez
, thwart the Teutonic malefactors: the villainous Nazi Dr. Lang (Arno Frey
) and his portly accomplice Henry Gratz (Dan Seymour
). Thereafter, life is safe once again in the jungle.
actioner exciting. It's a fiction piece, and not the usual jungle travelogue…June Duprez
is as attractive a biologist as one could hope to meet up with in the middle of the jungle.”
“The animal shots are eye-filling, as usual, and especially well photographed…They're
convincing enough…to keep the younger generation glued to movie house seats. Sam Newfield
directed with a good sense of melodramatic action, and it is Mr. Buck himself who gives the stand-out performance. The jungle fellow is a right natural actor.”
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adventure
Adventure film
Adventure films are a genre of film.Unlike pure, low-budget action films they often use their action scenes preferably to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way....
/thriller film starring Frank Buck
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
.
Story
Frank BuckFrank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
tangles with Nazis who have been doping tigers in Malaya, thereby making man-eaters of them. With the cats on a rampage, rubber production is seriously curtailed and the Allied war effort jeopardized. Buck and his associates, J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
Joseph Farrell MacDonald was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. MacDonald, who was sometimes billed as "John Farrell Macdonald", "J.F...
, Duncan Renaldo
Duncan Renaldo
Renault Renaldo Duncan , better known as Duncan Renaldo, was an American actor who portrayed The Cisco Kid in films and on the 1950-1956 American TV series, The Cisco Kid.-Early years:...
and June Duprez
June Duprez
June Duprez was an English film actress.The daughter of American vaudeville performer Fred Duprez, she was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England, during an air raid in the final months of World War I....
, thwart the Teutonic malefactors: the villainous Nazi Dr. Lang (Arno Frey
Arno Frey
-External links:* * Brian Taves. Candidates for the National Film Registry: Fang and Claw & Tiger Fangs * on Findagrave.com...
) and his portly accomplice Henry Gratz (Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour
Dan Seymour was a character actor who frequently played villains in Warner Bros. films. He appeared in several Humphrey Bogart films, including Casablanca, Key Largo, and To Have and Have Not....
). Thereafter, life is safe once again in the jungle.
Reviews
“Juves should find this Frank BuckFrank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
actioner exciting. It's a fiction piece, and not the usual jungle travelogue…June Duprez
June Duprez
June Duprez was an English film actress.The daughter of American vaudeville performer Fred Duprez, she was born in Teddington, Middlesex, England, during an air raid in the final months of World War I....
is as attractive a biologist as one could hope to meet up with in the middle of the jungle.”
“The animal shots are eye-filling, as usual, and especially well photographed…They're
convincing enough…to keep the younger generation glued to movie house seats. Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie director, with over 250 feature films to his credit, and a large number of shorts, training films, industrial films, TV episodes, and pretty much anything anyone would pay him for...
directed with a good sense of melodramatic action, and it is Mr. Buck himself who gives the stand-out performance. The jungle fellow is a right natural actor.”