The Tiger Woman (1944 film)

The Tiger Woman 1944 is a 12chapter Republic film serial starring Allan Lane and Linda Stirling her serial debut. The serial was rereleased in 1951 under the title Perils of the Darkest Jungle and, in 1966, it was edited into the 100minute Century66 film Jungle Gold.

Evil oil speculators in South America attempt to drive away a native tribe and their leader, the Tiger Woman. The Tiger Woman, a white woman, might be the lost heiress to a vast fortune, and later plotlines in the serial are built around determining her true identity.The Tiger Woman was budgeted at 180,292 although the final negative cost was 206,191 a 25,899, or 14.4, overspend. It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1944. This serial had the third biggest budget of the sixtysix Republic serials exceeded only by Captain America 1944 at 182,623 and The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939 at 193,878 although it is only the fifth most expensive in terms of the actual production cost. The other four, however, were all 15chapters long, compared to Tiger Womans 12chapters, so this is, per chapter, the most expensive of all Republic serials. ........

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