[1] The film stars Jonathan Rands, Jocelyn Broderick and Michael Brunner in lead role along with Gordon Mulholland, Wilson Dunster in supportive roles and the dog Umfubu.
[2][3] The film is based on the 1907 novel by same name written by Irish writer James Percy FitzPatrick who went South Africa in 1800s and experience several incidents in the jungle.
[4] In 1886, 20-year-old Percy Fitzpatrick from Cape Town sets out for the Delagoa Bay in Transvaal to dig for gold.
When Percy finally reaches his destination, there is no gold anymore, so he starts out as a foreman.
Afterwards, he and Jock live through many adventures involving wild animals and slave drivers.