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Adventures of Captain Africa

"MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!"

6.0/ 10 (1 votes)
1955-06-09
3h 45m
Released

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

Director: Spencer Gordon Bennet

Cast

John Hart

John Hart

Captain Africa

Rick Vallin

Rick Vallin

Ted Arnold

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Omar

J

June Howard

Princess Rhoda

Bud Osborne

Bud Osborne

Nat Coleman

Paul Marion

Paul Marion

Abdul el Hamid

Paul Marion

Paul Marion

Boris - Henchman

Terry Frost

Terry Frost

Greg - Henchman