Killers of the East (1954) DVD-R aka Mystery of the Black Jungle

Starring Lex Barker, Fiorella Mari, Luigi Tosi, Paul Muller, Jack Rex
Paul Page
Directed by Gian Paolo Callegari, Ralph Murphy

Print: Black and White
Runtime: 80 Min.
Genre: Adventure

A group of religious fanatics in India, the Tughs, prey upon Europeans and natives alike, capturing and offering
them up in sacrifice to their frightful goddess, Kali. The Governor of the Province sends Tremal Naik, a famous
Indian hunter,on an expedition to end the savagery. He is accompanied by Major Kennedy and Major Maffertis, the
latter with a personal reason for wanting to destroy the Tughs and their sinister leader, Siodana. Maffertis, once
stationed in the district with his family, is certain that his small daughter was a victim of the cult, but he has
no proof and has not heard anything of her since her disappearance years ago. Tremal also has his own troupe made up
of his faithful companions Kammamuri, Aghur and Urti, and his famed tiger Darma. Later, Tremal sees and falls in love
with the white girl the Tughs hold captive, but she begs him to forget her and warns him of the danger to both of them
if he tries to penetrate the mystery surrounding the large banyan tree where he first saw her. Ignoring the warning when
his companion Urti is killed near the tree, Tremal discovers that it is the entrance to the temple where Ada is an unwilling priestess..