Sheena Queen of the Jungle

Sheena Queen of the Jungle - Episode 2
The Renegades

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

Director

Arthur Pierson

Producer

Edward Nassour

Screenplay & Story Supervision

Joel Murcott

STARRING

Sheena

Irish McCalla

Bob Rayburn

Christian Drake

Chim

Neal

COSTARS

Logan

Robert Shayne

Brunner

John Banner

Keegle

John Alvin

Chief Karoo

Anthony Ghazlo

PLOT - NOTE: Spoiler warning
Bob is guiding a mine's security officer, Logan (right), in pursuit of two diamond thieves, Brunner and Keegle, who have stolen a bag of uncut diamonds. The thieves agree to supply rifles to the savage Kitari tribe in exchange for protection in their domain and Sheena agrees to help Bob track them into the Katari lands. Brunner knocks Keegle unconscious in an argument over Keegle's share of the diamonds and then he and Karoo, the Kitari chief, race to the village to set a trap for their pursuers. Brunner hides the bag of diamonds inside the mouth of a carved idol and Sheena and Bob are captured when they arrive at the village. Logan discloses he is Brunner's accomplice and when they realise Chim has taken the bag of diamonds Logan forces Sheena to go into the jungle to retrieve them, using Bob as a hostage. Brunner, becoming worried, races into the jungle and finds Chim, but he is shot by Logan, who has followed him. Karoo then shoots Logan. Sheena and Bob find that Chim has emptied the pouch of diamonds and they decide that the diamonds are better off lost in the jungle.

COMMENTS
This is the only episode that has "Filmed in Hollywood, California" in the final credits, indicating that that this may be the original pilot of the series (see Page 3: The Pilot Episodes in the Filming In Mexico section). It has two highly recognisable guest stars - Robert Shayne and John Banner. Shayne had been appearing in films and TV since the 1930s and at the time he would have been well known to TV audiences from his regular appearance as Inspector Henderson on The Adventures of Superman, which began broadcasting in early 1953. John Banner (left), who would go on to achieve lasting success for his hilarious portrayal of Sgt Schultz on TV's Hogan's Heroes in the late-1960s, had been around in films and TV since the early 1940s. He had appeared in King Solomon's Mines with Stewart Granger and Deborah Kerr in 1950 and was a regular guest on television in shows like 77 Sunset Strip and The Untouchables. The opening scene of Sheena in the jungle shower and Chim stealing her tunic may have been a ploy to arouse the interest of potential buyers of the series.

MOVING PICTURES

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SOURCES
• The production credits and plot were taken from my DVD of this episode
IMAGES
• All of the photos used on this page are screenshots from my DVD of this episode
• The two video clips were uploaded to Youtube by me to use on this web page
LYNX
• See a lengthy Robert Shayne filmography at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
• See a lengthy John Banner filmography at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
CAPTURE
• Bag yourself a copy of this episode on VHS from Moviecraft; beware the high contrast and heavily cropped versions of these episodes currently available on DVD

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