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Adventures of Captain Africa
Adventures of Captain Africa

Adventures of Captain Africa

MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!

Genres

Adventure

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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

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

225 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

09 June 1955

Country

United States of America

Cast

John Hart

John Hart

Captain Africa

Rick Vallin

Rick Vallin

Ted Arnold

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

Omar

June Howard

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

Edward Coch

Edward Coch

Balu (as Ed Coch)

Edward Coch

Edward Coch

Prime Minister

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