Adventures of Captain Africa

Adventures of Captain Africa

MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!

1955 · 225 min · ★ 7.0 · Adventure

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

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet · Written by George H. Plympton

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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

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