Jungle Manhunt is a 1951 adventure film written by Samuel Newman and directed by Lew Landers.
It was the seventh entry in the "Jungle Jim" series of films starring Johnny Weissmuller as the title character.
Jungle Jim rescues a photographer, Anne Lawrence, when her boat overturns She explains that she is searching for football player Bob Miller (played by real-life footballer Bob Waterfield) and enlists Jim to help with her search.
They subsequently stumble upon a crazed doctor who has been kidnapping villagers to work in a radioactive mine, where he has discovered a way of making diamonds out of mineral rocks, The group manages to stop the doctor's plan by exploding the mine.
[4] Variety found the movie to be typical of the genre, stating it was hokey and not aimed at adults.