Adventures of Captain Africa
MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!
1955 | 225m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
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| Writer: | George H. Plympton |
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| Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and, primarily, "The Desert Hawk-1944", with John Hart and the always-dull Rick Vallin making less-than-adequate substitutes for Tom Tyler and Gilbert Roland, this Sam Katzman "production" finds the mighty jungle avenger and legendary Captain Africa - A "Phantom" rip-off that side-stepped the need to pay King Features another fee for using the character - pledging to see that the legitimate Arabian caliph, Hamid, is restored to the throne which a tyrannical rival has usurped. He is joined in this enterprise by adventurer Ted Arnold, wild-animal trapper Nat Coleman, and his assistant Omar and, to cover all bases | |
| Release Date: | Jun 09, 1955 |
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| Director: | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
| Writer: | George H. Plympton |
| Genres: | Adventure |
| Keywords | jungle |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 07, 2024 Entered: May 04, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Hart | Captain Africa |
| Rick Vallin | Ted Arnold |
| Ben Welden | Omar |
| June Howard | Princess Rhoda |
| Bud Osborne | Nat Coleman |
| Paul Marion | Abdul el Hamid |
| Paul Marion | Boris - Henchman |
| Terry Frost | Greg - Henchman |
| Edward Coch | Balu (as Ed Coch) |
| Edward Coch | Prime Minister |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Horace Hough | Assistant Director |
| Ira H. Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Earl Turner | Editor |
| Sidney Clifford | Set Decoration |
| George H. Plympton | Screenplay, Story |
| Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| J.S. Westmoreland | Sound Engineer |
| Herbert B. Leonard | Production Manager |
| Spencer Gordon Bennet | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Sam Katzman | Producer |
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