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The original screen version of Rudyard Kipling's tale of a young boy who grows up with a family of wolves. Read more

Starring	Joseph Calleia, John Qualen, Frank Puglia, Rosemary De Camp
Director	Zoltan Korda
Genres	Family

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- 'I thought you were entertaining someone up there in your coils,' Shere Khan the Tiger purrs malevolently (with the... read more on Time Out
- 217733
- - Time Out
  - 23 Sep 2011 at 06:28
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- - 18
  - 7
  Not the Disney Version
  
  Just in case you are looking for the Disney musical version, like I was .... this is not it. Never mind hey!
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MehdiS
  - London
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 23:32
Most recent members' reviews of The Jungle Book
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- - 0
  - 1
  awful would not recomend
  
  disappointed, just a bite dull and i don't like the morals behind the story like how he killed the tiger at the end just don't like natural animals to ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 10 Apr 2011 at 16:55
- - 4
  - 0
  Great Old Title
  
  Wasn't looking for Disney version - seen that. My 3 and 6 year old loved this version and I'm delighted they can enjoy and understand the messages from ... read more »
  
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- 938944
- - a customer
  - London
  - 11 Nov 2010 at 22:23
- - 5
  - 1
  love it
  
  I used to watch this version as a child and loved it, not for very young children perhaps but a great sunday afternoon film.
  
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- 439942
- - a customer
  - London
  - 14 May 2007 at 17:36
- - 0
  - 5
  Watch out - not the cartoon
  
  Thought I'd selected the Disney cartoon but got an old movie version. Kids not interested and film went straight back. BEWARE!
  
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- - a customer
  - Burton-on-Trent, England
  - 20 Nov 2006 at 18:10
- - 0
  - 1
  VERY DISSAPOINTED
  
  AS IT STATED DISNEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE CARTOON CLASSIC NOT A 1942 OLD BLACK AND WHITE FILM WHICH IS NOT AT ALL SUITABLE FOR MY 3 AND 5 YEAR OLD BOYS.
  
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- 273568
- - a customer
  - ENGLAND
  - 10 Aug 2006 at 11:20
- - 0
  - 0
  Beware - this is not the disney cartoon
  
  Couldn't believe it - I added this to my selection thinking it was the disney cartoon. This is an old film version of the book. If there had been a cover ... read more »
  
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- 269533
- - a customer
  - Maidenhead, UK
  - 30 Jul 2006 at 19:37
- - 0
  - 0
  cartoon is better more enjoyable
  
  we enjoyed the cartoon version better
  
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- 263679
- - a customer
  - yorks
  - 13 Jul 2006 at 07:47
- - 0
  - 0
  crap
  
  thought it was disney one as it had disney films under it
  
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- 262918
- - a customer
  - peterborough england
  - 11 Jul 2006 at 09:17
- - 2
  - 0
  Terrible
  
  I was expecting Classic cartoon of Disney
  
  Would not recommend - a 1940s film that didnt keep kids interested for even 1 second
  
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- - JOE JACOMBS
  - Midlands
  - 27 Jun 2006 at 18:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Wild animals
  
  Technicolor jungle scenes as we follow the old storyteller's tale of the wolfboy and the village where he returns to put things right. He gets his old enemy... read more »
  
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- 125308
- - Ulysses returned
  - Ithaca
  - 19 Jul 2005 at 23:06
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- - 18
  - 7
  Not the Disney Version
  
  Just in case you are looking for the Disney musical version, like I was .... this is not it. Never mind hey!
  
  Report this review
- 327208
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MehdiS
  - London
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 23:32
- - 5
  - 1
  love it
  
  I used to watch this version as a child and loved it, not for very young children perhaps but a great sunday afternoon film.
  
  Report this review
- 439942
- - a customer
  - London
  - 14 May 2007 at 17:36
- - 4
  - 0
  Great Old Title
  
  Wasn't looking for Disney version - seen that. My 3 and 6 year old loved this version and I'm delighted they can enjoy and understand the messages from ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 938944
- - a customer
  - London
  - 11 Nov 2010 at 22:23
- - 2
  - 0
  Terrible
  
  I was expecting Classic cartoon of Disney
  
  Would not recommend - a 1940s film that didnt keep kids interested for even 1 second
  
  Report this review
- 258645
- - JOE JACOMBS
  - Midlands
  - 27 Jun 2006 at 18:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Wild animals
  
  Technicolor jungle scenes as we follow the old storyteller's tale of the wolfboy and the village where he returns to put things right. He gets his old enemy... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 125308
- - Ulysses returned
  - Ithaca
  - 19 Jul 2005 at 23:06
- - 0
  - 0
  crap
  
  thought it was disney one as it had disney films under it
  
  Report this review
- 262918
- - a customer
  - peterborough england
  - 11 Jul 2006 at 09:17
- - 0
  - 0
  cartoon is better more enjoyable
  
  we enjoyed the cartoon version better
  
  Report this review
- 263679
- - a customer
  - yorks
  - 13 Jul 2006 at 07:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Beware - this is not the disney cartoon
  
  Couldn't believe it - I added this to my selection thinking it was the disney cartoon. This is an old film version of the book. If there had been a cover ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 269533
- - a customer
  - Maidenhead, UK
  - 30 Jul 2006 at 19:37
- - 0
  - 1
  VERY DISSAPOINTED
  
  AS IT STATED DISNEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE CARTOON CLASSIC NOT A 1942 OLD BLACK AND WHITE FILM WHICH IS NOT AT ALL SUITABLE FOR MY 3 AND 5 YEAR OLD BOYS.
  
  Report this review
- 273568
- - a customer
  - ENGLAND
  - 10 Aug 2006 at 11:20
- - 0
  - 1
  awful would not recomend
  
  disappointed, just a bite dull and i don't like the morals behind the story like how he killed the tiger at the end just don't like natural animals to ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 980740
- - a customer
  - 10 Apr 2011 at 16:55

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Critics' reviews
- 'I thought you were entertaining someone up there in your coils,' Shere Khan the Tiger purrs malevolently (with the... read more on Time Out
- 217733
- - Time Out
  - 23 Sep 2011 at 06:28
- High-budgeted but rather boring live action version with stiff-jointed model animals.
- 34471
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:43

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