Hell's Headquarters
Cast & Crew
Andrew L. Stone
Jack Mulhall
Barbara Weeks
Frank Mayo
Phillips Smalley
Fred Parker
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When he hears that American elephant hunter Jim Jessup has died suddenly from jungle fever, Kuba, Jessup's native gun bearer, dictates a letter to Ross King, Jessup's partner in New York, asking him to return to the Congo. At the same time, Phil Talbot, another American living in the Congo, writes to longtime friends Diane Cameron and her father about a stash of ivory that he will share with them if they invest $10,000 in an expedition to retrieve it. On the boat up the Congo River, Diane meets and is impressed by Ross but is disturbed by his disparaging remarks about Talbot. To her distress, she discovers that Talbot has indeed become a bitter and hostile man in Africa. While Talbot prepares to leave for the jungle, Kuba and Ross confer on a plan to follow him and confirm that he murdered Jessup after extracting information about their ivory stash. Before their departure, however, Talbot learns from Baki, a blackmailing native, that Ross suspects him and, with Baki, tries unsuccessfully to kill him. On the trip, Diane is attacked by a leopard but is rescued by Ross, who has been following the troop. Ross reveals himself to a nervous Talbot, demanding that he be allowed to lead the expedition. Once they arrive at the appointed spot, Ross confronts Talbot and beats a confession of murder out of him. As Talbot escapes into the jungle and is killed by a lion, Ross shows a now enamored Diane and her father his coveted ivory treasure.
Director
Andrew L. Stone
Cast
Jack Mulhall
Barbara Weeks
Frank Mayo
Phillips Smalley
Fred Parker
Everett Brown
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The title card of the film included the subtitle, "A Story of Ivory Hunting in the Congo." According to Film Daily, the press book for this film contained the following statement about the production: "Unfortunately, you can't persuade all wild animals to perform certain acts called for in motion pictures stories, so it was necessary to film some few scenes in Hollywood." Although this statement implies that most of the film was shot on location, nothing about the look of the movie suggests that it actually was shot in Africa.
