1953 Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway
White Witch Doctor
Original lobby card
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
Written by
Ivan Goff Ben Roberts
Based on
White Witch Doctor 1950 novel by Louise A. Stinetorf
Produced by
Otto Lang
Starring
Susan Hayward Robert Mitchum Walter Slezak
Cinematography
Leon Shamroy
Edited by
James B. Clark
Music by
Bernard Herrmann
Distributed by
20th Century Fox
Release date
July 1, 1953 (1953-07-01) (U.S.)
Running time
96 min
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$2,020,000[1]
Box office
$2,500,000 (US rentals)[2]
White Witch Doctor is a 1953 Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Walter Slezak. Made by 20th Century Fox, it was produced by Otto Lang from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, based on the 1950 novel by Louise Allender Stinetorf (1900–1992). The music score (notable for its use of the serpent, an obsolete instrument) was by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography by Leon Shamroy.
The film was set in the Belgian Congo in 1907.
^Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p248
^'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953', Variety, January 13, 1954
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