Untamed Mistress (1956) - full transcript

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i'm sorry i was late. how's he doing? 
bad doc, bad. the boys had a tough go but

i never will understand these natives. 
if he'd only gone to the hospital

you could be using a respirator on him now how 
long has he been this way about a month he should

have been on a dispensary three years ago when he 
first had his accident. you mean the gorilla attack?

uh-huh he was pretty badly mauled his chest was 
crushed. that's before i was transferred out here

from the states i didn't hear all the details 
on it hand me the ammo nitrate out of the kit

i didn't hear all the details myself and people 
around these parts don't talk very much especially

pasta he's a noble character and proud his gun 
bearers have been with him for years they tell me

he used to be a maharaja in india him a maharaja 
he's only a hunting guide now practically a pauper



stimulant should be taking effect he 
regained consciousness in a moment or two

where's velda she's over the house sulking 
she'd pee because i wouldn't let her come here

would you mind running over to the 
house cyril and keep an eye on her sure

any reason why you didn't want her to come here 
i was uh well telling what a reaction might be

uh besides take it easy relax you're gonna be 
all right pasta thank you doctor there's no pain

and i know as you must the jungle 
drums beat the last minutes of my life

that's nonsense no when the jungle drums stop 
i will be gone but your friend awaits your

recovery he said many animals still tremble at the 
sight of your gun faster appreciate his presence

and you said doctor your plans you still 
go into the jungle with your brother my

plans remain unchanged i plan to leave as soon as 
possible you must not why shouldn't we go old man

the years of youth always challenge the 
wisdom of age how can one explain that

which is only acquired through experience 
why don't you get out jack you're annoying no

let him remain saheeb as a man of medicine 
you have witnessed death many times

perhaps the sight will join into believing what 
i must say you're exciting yourself draining your



strength relax relax perhaps perhaps there 
is some way before the candle flickers lower

that i may impress upon him the dire 
consequences of his love for the girl

have you been talking to him about velder and me 
i'll be silly there's no knowledge he could give

me that i do not already possess you in love with 
the creature who you believe in three short years

has cleansed her blood of the primitive instincts 
reared by the gorilla tribe mothered by baboons

and yet you would not believe that someday her 
soft caresses could turn into hairy steel claws

around your throat i know of which i speak 
and feel the words must cut you like a blade

but i too once reached for forbidden love and 
brought upon myself the curse of the llama

you see the results now if you must go into 
the jungle leave her there easy leave her

leave her for the beast from when she came 
if we go into the jungle it won't be to

leave elder there it would be to satisfy a 
silly whim of my brothers cut it out jack

velda told me what you did and i appreciate 
it but call her what you will gorilla girl a

jungle creature it makes no difference we 
love each other perhaps my words will not

bear fruit nor if they do will you heed them i 
can only ask that you grant me this last request

i was young then and impetuous as you are

a maharaja a man of great 
estate on a hunting expedition

go a week in this wilderness and not 
one shot not a sign of anything moving

did not the mightiest of hunters could unassure 
his maharaja that these were the best jungles

in all the east it is impossible to explain 
your highness many times i have passed this

way as a traveler never without seeing hundreds 
of animals is it possible they've been killed

or perhaps died of natural causes this 
forest has never been hunted your highness

it's it's almost as if as a port as if the beast 
sensed they were being hunted and and all had fled

then my hunter would have me to believe that 
these wild beasts distinguish between the peaceful

travelers and the maharaja of diary who shoots 
them for sport that that would make them different

than any animals i have ever hunted perhaps 
your highness if if we pursued them this way

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thou art indeed kind my child

wait

may the blessings of the three deities bring 
you good fortune and good hunting holy men

you have great knowledge of 
all things i am very humble

there is something we wish to know why 
no game appears in the sights of your gun

how did you know you are not the first to try the 
hunting in this jungle all return home empty head

and you assured me the game was plentiful more so 
than in any jungle in the east ah but the game is

here in plenty but unless you come in peace you 
will never be aware of it how do you explain that

the holy man told us of this boy who 
was reared by the animals such as velda

he was their law their protector and so long as we 
remained in this jungle we were subject to his law

if we disobeyed a curse would fall upon us and a 
member of our party would die the son of a great

prince who traveled this jungle years ago the 
baby was reared by the animals so the people say

he has become a brother to them have you 
seen him i have seen him thank you holy man

what is your wish highness do you believe

there may be something in what he says 
we'll camp here tonight and tomorrow

from the moment i saw ronnie nothing 
else mattered but my desire for her

all thoughts of my hunt vanished 
even the warning of the holy one

which a moment before had sounded 
foreboding was now of little or no

importance

holy man that girl who brought your food who is 
she the daughter of rajan leader of our village

and her name rani of good character and 
greek beauty find this rajan and bring him

to my tent tonight yes and let us hope you 
are better at hunting men than wild beasts

it may not sound plausible to you of the western 
world but the projected thought of a holy llama

could have brought the disaster that was to befall 
us you mean the sabu fella was reared by animals

not only was he reared by them but he lived 
with them as one he was so much an animal that

he not only shared their thoughts but he spoke 
their language this curse would you explain it

there is a law of the jungle which 
allows one to partake for necessity

but the product that belongs must remain

perhaps i was ruthless but i loved 
ronnie as much as you love velvet

and i would let nothing sabu or the curse 
prevent me from obtaining that which i sought

i waited for quran to bring the girl's father to 
me this is rajan highness you are improving quran

perhaps we will find an animal yet after all you 
wished my presence highness what is your price

highness for your daughter's hand ronnie i wish 
to marry her the daughter of a number man such

as myself this is indeed the highest of honors 
well i have no price it is impossible no price

she is not married she is betrothed if i had but 
no highness if i could have anticipated oh and i

suppose you're a man of honor who cannot go back 
on his bargain even if i restore the man his goods

and make you wealthy beyond your greatest dreams

perhaps there is a way yes my son-in-law 
to be caddo is away on a pilgrimage to the

mountain shrine perhaps if i've received word 
that he had been killed by a tiger a tiger

in these jungles and if the wedding were to 
take place quickly when kedley returned we

would be very sorry a mistake but too late 
to correct your wise man rajan interested

in the daughter's happiness pay him his price 
whatever it is and bring the girl to me tomorrow

oh father good your curry is just ready i'm 
afraid my appetite is not so good little one

i bring you bad news bad news could 
they say he never reached the mountains

on the jungle trail

a tiger

he's dead i know it is terrible little one 
but i bring good news also my little daughter

is to be the bride of the maharaja 
it is all ranged little one

imagine the daughter of the 
house of rajan a princess

the deities are indeed kind in this hour of our 
sorrow no reni i will not i cannot marry cuddle

i marry no one i would rather die let the tiger 
that towards flesh tear mine too ronnie granny

and that's the story highness she ran into 
the jungle perhaps she is already dead if she

encounters no more animals than we in our hunting 
she is perfectly safe besides a lone girl in the

jungle should not be too hard to pursue hey quran 
not at all highness i could follow her anywhere

but suppose she encountered sabu your 
hunters would be no magic silence

the jungle boy interferes too often organize 
a search party take as many men as you need

and i prefer my bride to be alive yes highness 
ronnie was determined in her desire to escape

any possibility of marriage with me she did 
not fear the terrors of the jungle it seemed

if only she could succeed in 
eluding me or my party members

it may be that she was frightened but trusted to 
a hope of finding either sabu or her own cuddle

i had ever faith in kuran oh i was confident he 
would track down the girl but i did not have the

slightest hope we would ever capture the jungle 
boy did you in due time but not before ronnie

told him of my presence and my intent he belonged 
to her kind i didn't i had convinced myself that

quran's death was accidental all my men 
were killed or maimed but i was spared

for even a much worse faith

my empire was shattered easy i was left penniless 
and i wandered from continent to continent

selling my services as a professional guide to 
other hunters i had come to the belt country with

an expedition that would take me deep into gorilla 
country i had left the main party and was alone

but the fascination of the hairy 
beast drove all caution from my mind

a premonition of impending danger kept reminding 
me of the old llama's curse but even so i found

myself getting further and further from the main 
party perhaps i was foolhardy going into the

country of the bush gorilla that beast whom even 
the lion leaves along but i wanted a shot at one

i found the guerrilla tracks and followed them 
for several miles without locating the animal

from the sign i knew it must be a 
huge one and my blood began to pound

hmm

hmm

all right

ah

uh

when i fully regained my senses 
i saw her beside the gorilla

where she came from i did not know and at 
first i thought she was but no it couldn't

be i tore my glance from her i wanted my rifle 
because i was in a desperate situation thank you

you know the rest sahib doctor we 
delivered the girl into your custody

you have been ministering to my ailing health ever 
since i wish you all the blessings of the deities

not the curse of the jungle there is no 
cursive jungle except to him who disobeys

didn't i tell you to keep her home cyril 
look i tried i'm taking you back to that

vel did not go until old man die 
get her out of here let her remain

her kind sense the odor of death for many days 
she has known this hour was coming look arthur

maybe there's still time why don't we take him 
to the hospital there is not time she is right

there is very little time left i 
wish to breathe my last in the open

uh i can see by the look in your eye

nothing will prevent your trek into the jungle 
perhaps in my absence i can still be with you

reach into my pocket

my pocket

what is it it's the eye of the jungle 
when i fled the land of sabu i found it

and that shrunken head among my possessions there 
was an omen when the curse of the jungle is atoned

only then can it be returned to the place 
from once it came i don't understand

there are many things in the east that are 
secrets and cannot be comprehended by you

people from the western world what do you want me 
to do with them take it with you on your journey

perhaps it will perhaps it will 
influence your actions perhaps even

my eternity what about the head leave 
the head here it is a symbol of death

many times i have tried to lose it but it always 
reappears in the eye what if it never returns

to believe

is to be

have faith

so now these are the laws of the jungle and many 
in mighty are they for the head and the hoof

or the law and the haunch is obeyed

and now we had started on the safari i 
kept thinking of pasta the oh maharaja

the eye of the jungle the shrunken head

i marvel about the wonders of this dark 
continent this land of many contrasts for a

few short miles could take you from thriving 
modern cities into uncharted treacherous

wilderness i've been in africa a dozen 
or more years i knew its people in its

dark mysterious ways i was not 
exactly new to the jungle either

and yet there was something entirely 
different from any other trip i had made

i knew it was because of velvet animals which 
ordinarily run or attack at the sight of a human

intrusion seemed docile friendly curious it was as 
though they recognized belda as one of their own

as we continued on i wondered about 
the old heredity environment angle as

bella's thrust further into a jungle 
surroundings which you revert to a

former self or would she remain a white 
girl i kept telling myself i had to know

we spent the night on the brink of the zambezi 
river next morning cyril and i are up and once

more marveling at the glories of this weird 
country jack and bella saw it too but on a

different light are you happy with the safari 
folder much happy you're not worried or scared

well they're not scared nothing hurt me this is my 
country your country is beautiful very beautiful

it's gonna be hard to leave but you 
like our country america when we go

check not go always stay with velda 
here of course i'll never leave you

builder how do you think of me

jack lavelda thought i love jack and 
protect him too jack's a lucky guy

but he also likes a kiss now and then 
oh velda got many kisses for jack

set me up for air selda like

see my brother a minute

africa is a fascinating country kind 
of overwhelms a fellow doesn't it

we were not aware when the drums began to 
beat but as we watched belden i knew the

rhythm and this weird dance something to do 
with death i remember this spot as a sacred

burial ground the spears were grim reminders of 
departed warriors velda danced parentally till

suddenly as if from nowhere the death's head 
appeared in her hands i recall pastor's words

that it symbolized imminent death i felt 
cold and clammy wondering who it would be

so

so

the safari took us deeper and deeper 
to a gorilla country but jack and velda

was a sort of outing a lock to me it was a 
search for an answer to an ageless question

could evolution have any basis could it influence 
the mating instinct of a girl whose life had been

half gorilla and half civilized and yet 
i found myself in the defense of favela

where did she come from how long 
have you been with the gorilla pack

i try to remember the details of a missionary 
couple who had been killed in a safari in this

back country about 10 or 12 years before they 
have a daughter was never found afterwards

could it be she was that girl perhaps she was it 
was a long shot whatever the answer it might place

the lives of four people in jeopardy a strange 
quiet came over the safari that is until we came

into a clearing on the banks of the sabi river by 
now cyril was dehydrated but he wouldn't venture

near the water's edge instead he decided to drink 
from a small stream which emptied into the river

cyril drank hotel your water and we drank in 
the scenery as velda identified the various

animals for us she told us of the velda beast an 
animal much like the buffalo back in the states

we watched the ugly laughing hyenas that saw any 
prey left behind by other well-killed denisons

of the forest she pointed out the kudu which 
to me resembled our mule deer the ponderous

elephants are always fun to look at as is the 
impala which is the favorite food of the lion

the zebras as usual were frisky and laughable to 
look at it seems nature made convicts of them for

the moment i forgot my so-called psychological 
study of jungle versus civilization and stood

spellbound by the rugged beauty and serenity of 
the strange country strange people strange animals

to me this was the eternal fascination of africa

but dark continent never failed to 
live up to the expectations i had

the hippos seemed docile and gentle enough as they 
soaked up water and sun yet this provide their

deadly qualities when encountered on the hoof 
they were dangerous and always ready to attack

regardless of the interesting things always 
present we had to continue on our journey at last

i was not exactly impatient but there was 
a problem in my mind waiting to be solved

say doc one question yeah we're not going beyond 
the deeper villages are we i haven't made up my

mind yet we might we're surely not in the gorilla 
country you know this safari could be a lot of fun

if i could only forget that old maharaja's curse 
say you suppose it was anything to what he said

you know people in this part of the world have 
done a puzzle of you and me for thousands of years

back home in the states we dismiss them 
superstitions we wouldn't believe it

no matter how it was presented but out here 
there's some things that seem perfectly natural

my eyes have seen things that my mind refuses 
to accept yet i've seen them well you can

tell me this is none of my business but seldom 
jack seemed perfectly natural and quite happy

it looks as if you've rescued a drowning person 
and now you're throwing her back into the water

well just got a chance to learn how to 
swim maybe i wanted to see if she could

in fact i've gotta know she's been 
sort of a guinea pig hasn't she

charted all her actions and reactions as she 
became civilized do you know it seems to me what

seems to you cyril that we're in the midst of so 
much beauty that we shouldn't waste a minute of it

safari going all right pretty good i guess how's 
velda taking it she's not disappointing me and you

oh look i'm sorry jack i don't mean 
to pry into your private business

i got nothing against velda it's just that 
there's a suspicion up here that i can't put down

i could be wrong you sure 
could i intend to prove it

although things were going consistently well

there was always the possibility of 
danger lurking in the very next brush

i'll take this one off it's all yours

eagle eagle

let's go

later on in the trek we came upon an incident that 
was undoubtedly an ordinary occurrence for velvet

we stood horrified spellbound here was the 
raw grim savagery of the jungle unfolding

before our eyes the law of survival 
of the fittest and it was shocking

cyril was watching with a sick expression jack 
winston but he seemed incapable of doing anything

they were all frozen and revulsive alexa velda 
they caught the look on her face it was fixed and

stalled almost a smirk she was watching something 
which to her was an old story linus must eat

we came out of the brush country 
and saw the ruins of the zimbabwe

directly ahead the yamahosa is a tribe that was 
neither hostile in a civilized inhabited the ruins

but the gun away jack wouldn't do any good 
if those who bullies want to start trouble

why don't we leave before they see us i'm afraid 
they already have those dancers they puzzle me

it was a curious mixture of cannibal 
and modern touches in that dress

yet they were known for their 
ferocity toward other tribes

we were reluctant to go closer 
particularly with veldo long

besides it seemed they were having a big meeting 
of some kind with other natives i had heard that

a renegade white a notorious nairobi smith lived 
among them as their leader seemed strange that a

white man would forsake his own to live among the 
natives so i wondered if he was behind the marmars

do you think those natives would object to 
having their pictures taken i don't think so

they're used to the white men and just be sure 
you tell them how you want to be cooked cyril

pot foil fricaseed or well stewed well i'm 
second thought i think i should save my film

go ahead cyril he's kidding you he is why you 
young tick squeak you're not daughty my courage

pretty good stuff though say dog 
maybe i only get one or two shots

come on cyril i'll go with you you will you will

i was amazed that jack would leave velda 
with me he was by her side so constantly

but at the moment i was more concerned with 
these mixed dances and wondered if possibly

nairobi smith had anything to do with this 
gathering could be he was trying to stir them up

there was a rumor that narobi hated his own people

get a couple of shots for the armor

oh

loops

them bookers gorilla hunters

why do they dance not ordinary dance

gorilla dance bad why is it bad every 
year gorilla come for sacrifice for girls

i'm going to see the chief

present for you

um

hello

let's get out of here

hello

what's the matter that cyril run out of film

i think you better go arthur one of the natives 
got a glimpse of velda and they say i'm sorry

honey they recognized us being part of the 
gorilla pack and they said unless we left

they'd take our prisoners and then lolly walk 
would leave them alone who's lolly what villain

him leader of gorilla my pet hunter shoot him when 
he found me what do we do i guess we'd better go

okay come on

foreign

foreign

i had a premonition of trouble as we left the 
village i thought i could read between the

lines of jack's explanation but somehow i felt 
it had a connection with nairobi smith i don't

like it i got a funny feeling when i've wandered 
around here what do we do arthur let's get moving

oh

we're being followed we better 
find us a spot before our ambush

let's go

foreign

let let go

okay narobi you're all washed up i'm 
taking you into the nearest constabulary

in evil

that's the sally village the last one 
we passed before we hit gorilla country

are the natives friendly very friendly me and the 
chief are good friends i spent a couple of months

here once delivered a whole batch of babies 
uh bella do you know them i don't know them

you'd better stay here with jack why can't 
we take her along with us well it might

prevent some excitement i don't mean it hurt 
or anything it's just that they might get upset

okay i'll stay no jack go velda wait here 
not afraid jack go okay cyril let's go

get the imo out for me

we received a friendly welcome from the 
village there was much here of interest

and cyril had his typical 
reaction he was a real camera bug

i watched jack slyly i thought he might be 
disturbed mentally if he was he showed no

signs we were fascinated by the color of 
the various natives each symbol of a stage

in their lives the paint long skirt and blouses 
represented their marriageable status and the

peculiar designs of the war-like paint on their 
faces told a message to all the eligible males

a stranger in that midst could tell in 
sight whether he confronted a married woman

a betrothed a one who was in search of a mate 
the naked torso painted with red bola or clay

meant that she is engaged in betrayal primitive 
as it seemed it was practical and well conceived

much like our american indian the native women 
carried their bohara or babies on their backs

i thought of jack but not that he was watching 
cyril whose manner of fun was contagious enough

to take jack's mind off felder at least for 
the time being this bevy of girls was in

the custody of the village witch doctor but 
that made no difference to cyril he killed

it with them and the witch doctor took it 
good naturally everybody laughed heartily

i recognize these two as bon 
banas of a neighboring tribe

they were the tallest in africa almost seven feet

that's the chief over there 
i'll be right back fellas

i had a lengthy talk with my friend the 
old chief he told me the gorillas have

gotten worse each year since velda was 
taken from him they were meaner wilder

they hadn't attacked the usally however this was 
probably because of you sally were fighting men

always training for the possibility of battle the 
chief invited us to watch some of his warriors

foreign

cyril was having more fun than the natives 
and kitted with them apparently they shared

his enthusiasm for they giggled and laughed 
at his antics suddenly they started to beat

a rhythm by clapping their hands the chief told 
me this meant the war games were about to start

the wild rhythm was contagious 
and cyril fell into the sway of it

as he convulsed a few of the natives 
with his version of the ball in the jack

laughs

oh

oh

university

the time had come to leave so i had 
the old chief farewell he invited

me back to the village but i had a sneaking 
suspicion he had another baby crop about doom

let's call it a day boys and get moving

come on we didn't realize how long we'd stayed 
in the village until we left had a peculiar

premonition as we needed the spot where gold 
awaited a rather waited because she was gone

something's happened to velda she's gone i 
expected that i only wonder it didn't happen

before now what are you talking about ah forget it 
what do we do now well i'm for getting out of here

what do you say son let's 
go home while we're ahead

well go on home as far as i'm concerned the two 
of you can go straight too i'm gonna find velda

valder why don't you tell him doc he's got a right 
to know i've got a right to know what listen kid

brother i never told you everything this pastor's 
doctor he revealed things to me that i felt

obligated to keep from you but now i'm gonna give 
it to you both barrels whether you like it or not

why don't you wake up wake up to what wake up from 
a nightmare there are things happening around here

that the outside world never heard of but the fact 
remains they're here and we're here these natives

have been sacrificing women their gorillas for 
ages what's that got to do with felder what do

you suppose she came from she might not have 
been a sacrifice maiden but she lived like one

do you expect me to buy that i don't care whether 
you buy it or not i bought it on the lips of a

dying man harster they're all well to live with 
them two and a half years what did you expect

he educated it she revealed every little intimate 
detail do i have to go on go on he learned from

velda that the natives have been sacrificing 
virgins to guerrillas and what's more shocking

these maidens consider it an honor if one does 
escape the natives avoider like the plague and

yet no one of them has ever been found dead are 
you insinuating bella spent most of her life with

the gorilla pack i think she's gone home return to 
her animal instinct boy you better give yourself

a pill she's all woman i oughta know why don't 
you wise up jack she's not a woman she's a beast

i ought to break you into but you're out of 
your head thanks you're not gonna let him

go out there alone are you gonna let him get 
himself killed but i brought him here let's go

so

lolliwog no remember velda

belda come to tell lollywog velda go away

come uh

so

oh

i don't like it it's too quiet

just a chimp but that isn't

don't move he's bluffing shall 
we follow him oh wait a minute

what do we do now go on ahead find a clearing 
make a camp until it gets a little dark

he must have fell asleep what time is 
it it's about 10 o'clock the moon's

up but it ought to be good and dark 
by midnight and we can take off then

where's cyril taking the first watch 
i'm gonna relieve him about 15 minutes

thriller

oh he didn't have a chance

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that's felder come on

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(cawing)

i don't get it some sort of a ritual

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okay i've seen it but i still 
don't think beld is any part

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see how he's doing bella

listen jack this ape's afraid of a gun

as soon as one of them makes a lunge 
you and bella make a break for it

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ahh!

now these are the laws of the jungle 
and many and mighty are they for the

one who shall make it may prosper 
but the one who breaks it must die

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