Atletiektrainer Sam Archer van het Merrivale College boekt slechte resultaten met zijn atleten. Als hij op safari is in Afrika, ontmoet hij de jonge Nanu, een geweldige sporter die hem uit de problemen zou kunnen helpen. Sam houdt daarbij echter geen rekening met Nanu's peetoom, medicijnman Mazenga, die niet wil dat Nanu een sportcarrière nastreeft.
Nee, helaas is Nanu, Zoon Van De Jungle nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Robert Scheerer | Director |
| Writing | Gerald Gardner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Dee Caruso | Screenplay |
| Production | Bill Walsh | Producer |
| Sound | Marvin Hamlisch | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Frank V. Phillips | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Cotton Warburton | Editor |
| Art | John B. Mansbridge | Art Direction |
| Art | Walter H. Tyler | Art Direction |
| Art | Hal Gausman | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chuck Keehne | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emily Sundby | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | La Rue Matheron | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert J. Schiffer | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Michael J. Dmytryk | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Arthur J. Vitarelli | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Herb Taylor | Sound |
| Crew | Art Cruickshank | Special Effects |
| Crew | Eustace Lycett | Special Effects |
| Crew | Hans Metz | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Alan Maley | Matte Painter |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Dick Warlock | Stunts |
| Camera | John R. Shannon | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Evelyn Kennedy | Music Editor |
| Crew | Danny Lee | Special Effects |