When he hears that American elephant hunter Jim Jessup has died suddenly from jungle fever, Kuba, Jessup’s native gun bearer, dictates a letter to Ross King, Jessup’s partner in New York, asking him to return to the Congo. At the same time, Phil Talbot, another American living in the Congo, writes to longtime friends Diane Cameron and her father about a stash of ivory that he will share with them if they invest $10,000 in an expedition to retrieve it. On the boat up the Congo River, Diane meets and is impressed by Ross but is disturbed by his disparaging remarks about Talbot. To her distress, she discovers that Talbot has indeed become a bitter and hostile man in Africa. While Talbot prepares to leave for the jungle, Kuba and Ross confer on a plan to follow him and confirm that he murdered Jessup after extracting information about their ivory stash. Before their departure, however, Talbot learns from Baki, a blackmailing native, that Ross suspects him and, with Baki, tries unsuccessfully to kill him. On the trip, Diane is attacked by a leopard but is rescued by Ross, who has been following the troop. Ross reveals himself to a nervous Talbot, demanding that he be allowed to lead the expedition. Once they arrive at the appointed spot, Ross confronts Talbot and beats a confession of murder out of him. As Talbot escapes into the jungle and is killed by a lion, Ross shows a now enamored Diane and her father his coveted ivory treasure. More on Wikipedia
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