Adventures of Captain Africa

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Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

“MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!”

Adventure · 3h 45m

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

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Cast

John Hart Captain Africa Rick Vallin Ted Arnold Ben Welden Omar
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June Howard Princess Rhoda Bud Osborne Nat Coleman Paul Marion Abdul el Hamid Paul Marion Boris - Henchman Terry Frost Greg - Henchman
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Edward Coch Balu (as Ed Coch)
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Edward Coch Prime Minister

Crew

Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Screenplay
George H. Plympton
Director of Photography
Ira H. Morgan
Editor
Earl Turner
Producer
Sam Katzman

Details

Release date
1955-06-09
Runtime
3h 45m
Genres
Adventure
Original language
EN
Countries
United States of America
Production
Columbia Pictures