 Director W.S. Van Dyke (qv) and many of the crew contracted  malaria and were treated with quinine. Two fatal mishaps occurred  during the African filming: a native crewman fell into the river and  was eaten by a crocodile, and a native boy was killed by a charging  rhino (which was captured on film and is in the movie). Other  misfortunes also plagued the production, including flash floods,  sunstroke, swarming locusts, and tse