The Call of the Savage (1935) is a Universal film serial based on the story Jan of the Jungle by Otis Adelbert Kline. It was directed by Lew Landers and released by Universal Pictures.
Two teams of scientists scour the dark jungles of Africa to find a secret formula.
Call of the Savage features "Jan, the Jungle Boy" and was based on "Jan of the Jungle" by Otis Adelbert Kline, a successful pulp story which rivalled the Tarzan series.
In 1956 material from this serial was edited into a 70-minute film called Savage Fury.