The Warriors from Loanda

Two dishonest elephant hunters get trapped in the thick Congo jungle and start dying from the hot, wet weather. As they stay alone too long, both men lose their minds and slowly waste away.

Kayerts and Carlier are assigned by the Great Trading Company to an isolated post in the African jungle to collect ivory tusks. They are assisted by the natives, led by Makola. When they are initially unsuccessful, Makola arranges to sell the other natives who work at the post to hostile warriors from Loanda—payment to be made in ivory. Later, their assignment complete, but without employees to care for them, Kayerts and Carlier become feverish and quarrelsome, threatening to kill each other, and Makola does nothing to stop them. Notes: Actress Joen Arliss is the daughter of actor George Arliss, who appeared in such films as The Man Who Played God (both 1922 and 1932 versions), Alexander Hamilton (1931), Transatlantic Tunnel (1935), and Dr. Syn (1937). Joen’s mother, Florence Arliss, appeared in numerous films as well. Her brother, Leslie Arliss, went from screenwriter to director, directing such films as The Night Has Eyes (1942), A Man About the House (1947), and Miss Tulip Stays the Night (1955).

Two unscrupulous ivory hunters are unexpectedly stranded in the dense jungles of the Congo and soon succumb to the heat and humidity of the rain forest. As isolation takes its toll, the two hunters slowly go mad and waste away.