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Adventures of Captain Africa

"MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!"

1955-06-09
6
en 225m
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

Screenplay

George H. Plympton

Director

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Director of Photography

Ira H. Morgan

Editor

Earl Turner

Sound Engineer

J.S. Westmoreland

Set Decoration

Sidney Clifford

jungle

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • Columbia Pictures