---
title: 'White Witch Doctor (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Henry Hathaway'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/white-witch-doctor-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046547/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# White Witch Doctor (1953)

1953 · 96 min · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

White Witch Doctor is a 1953 American adventure horror film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Walter Slezak. Made by 20th Century Fox, it was produced by Otto Lang from a screenplay by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts, based on the 1950 novel by Louise Allender Stinetorf (1900–1992). The music score was by Bernard Herrmann, and the cinematography by Leon Shamroy.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Henry Hathaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-hathaway)
- **Screenplay:** [Ivan Goff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-goff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Producer:** [Otto Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-lang-2)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [James B. Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-clark)

## Cast

- [Charles Gemora](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-gemora)
- [Susan Hayward](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-hayward)
- [Everett Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-brown)
- [Timothy Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/timothy-carey)
- [Walter Slezak](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-slezak)
- [Robert Mitchum](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-mitchum)
- [Michael Ansara](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ansara)

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