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The Wild Man of Borneo

1941 · 78 min

A breezy old-fashioned comedy of small-time hucksters, played broad and cheerful, with gentle laughs and no real menace.

Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
HOWL as women make the wild man W-I-L-D!
Overview
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

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Genres
Comedy, Romance
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • ambition
  • identity
  • class
Places
  • small town
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Robert B. Sinclair
Written by
John McClain, Waldo Salt
Starring
Frank Morgan, Mary Howard, Billie Burke, Donald Meek, Marjorie Main, Connie Gilchrist, Bonita Granville, Dan Dailey
Music
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Cinematography
Oliver T. Marsh
Runtime
78 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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