Release Date

09 Jun, 1955

Runtime

03:45: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!

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

Original Title

Adventures of Captain Africa

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Actors

John Hart

Rick Vallin

Ben Welden

June Howard

Bud Osborne

Paul Marion

Paul Marion

Terry Frost

Edward Coch

Edward Coch

Crew

George H. Plympton

Herbert B. Leonard

George H. Plympton

Ira H. Morgan

Earl Turner

J.S. Westmoreland

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Paul Palmentola

Sam Katzman

Horace Hough

Sidney Clifford