In a performance consisting mostly of grunts and one word sentences, blonde bombshell Gale Sherwood finds her Jungle hunk when diamond hunter Leif Erickson (no relation to the famous explorer) locates her after his plane crashes in the middle of her kingdom. He learns that his ruthless employer (Douglas Dumbrille) killed her American parents in front of her when she was a child, leaving her in the jungle to be raised by the natives. Erickson fights to have Dumbrille charged for the ancient crime, and gets help from Dumbrille's floozy wife (Veda Ann Borg) who is obviously in lust with Erickson.

This leads to the potential of cat-fights between Borg and Sherwood and lots of acting in getting the guilty party the justice he deserves. Silly, melodramatic and cheaply made, this is still an enjoyable campy experience, perfect for 1940's Saturday matinée audiences needing an escape after the end of the war, and today, it is still good for a few laughs. Borg gets the best lines, Dumbrille is as sinister as ever, and Frank Jenks provides some corny comedy.

This film was made for entertainment purposes only and what's wrong with that? Its OK to be entertained and that is what "Blonde Savage" does.

It starts out as a good macho jungle adventure as two soldier-of-fortune pilots get embroiled with a millionaire, his sexy wife (and I mean Veda Ann Borg is all woman and is terrific in her role) and a good adventure plot. The well-made macho adventure revs up and I was really into it.

Then, all of a sudden a blonde teenage chick is thrust into the film and it totally changes. I knew to expect her (the blonde savage) but it was such a sudden jolt that I had to laugh as I was taken aback- its a different movie now! I immediately wondered "where did she get that perfect Max Factor makeup out there in the jungle?" This girl is literally a teenager (about 18 yr old), and towering 35-ish tough guy Leif Erickson is going around the jungle with her. Gale Sherwood is really beautiful, lively and in no way slows down the film, and her singing voice is terrific too. Yes, the savage sings!

So view this fun film if you get a chance and just go with it, including the sudden jolt when the incongruous Savage appears.

Veda Ann Borg will impress you and she is memorable as she plots, connives and flirts. And then the blonde goddess shows up, invigorating this film up into goofy fun status for me.

"Blonde Savage" is not a great film. It's cheap, features lots of crappy stock footage and features a silly heroine....but despite all this, it's still pretty watchable.

The story begins with Steve (Leif Erickson) talking to a police official--telling him he must kill Mark Harper (Douglass Dumbrille) and why. The story then goes back in time and you see Steve and his friend, Hoppy (Frank Jenks), on a mission flying a plane over the African jungle. They end up crashing and are found by a tribe of nice natives. But, inexplicably among them is a white lady....a lady raised by these people. What makes this MORE amazing is that she has gorgeous permed hair, perfect makeup and no bone through her nose like the rest of them! Soon, Steve and Hoppy make friends with them....and Steve becomes VERY friendly with the shapely 'Blonde Savage'. Then, they realize that the lady was there because their boss is evil and he murdered her parents and stranded her here as a baby. How can they prove this and bring justice to the evil boss?

The two dumbest things about the film were the footage (very common at the time, unfortunately) and the stupidly coiffed lady. Apart from that, the story was interesting and Erickson and Jenks were awfully good....and the story, though dumb, is enjoyable in a low-brow sort of way.