Four passengers escape their bubonic plague-infested ship and land on the coast of a wild jungle. In order to reach safety they have to trek through the jungle, facing wild animals and attacks by primitive tribesmen.


If you like your movies sweaty, slightly unhinged, and filled with the kind of jungle atmosphere that makes you want to take a long shower, Four Frightened People is worth a look. It’s definitely not for folks who need their pacing snappy or their plots to make perfect sense. If you enjoy watching polite 1930s socialit...


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"If you like your movies sweaty, slightly unhinged, and filled with the kind of jungle atmosphere that makes you want to take a long shower, Four Frightened People is worth a look. It’s definitely not for folks who need their pacing snappy or their plots to make perfect sense. If you enjoy watching polite 1930s socialites get dirt under their fingernails and start yelling at each other, you’ll probably have a decent time. Claudette Colbert is in this, and honestly, she’s doing a lot of heavy lif..."
Bartlett Cormack, Lenore J. Coffee, E. Arnot Robertson
United States
Drama, Adventure

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