Teenaged Mowgli, who was raised by wolves, appears in a village in India and is adopted by Messua. Influential Merchant Buldeo is bigoted against ‘beasts’ including Mowgli; not so Buldeo’s pretty daughter, whom Mowgli takes on a jungle tour where they find a treasure, setting the evil of human greed in motion. Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Actors: Sabu Dastagir, Joseph Calleia
Director: Zoltan Korda
Additional: Rudyard Kipling
Published 1942
