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
Title | Adventures of Captain Africa |
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Year | 1955 |
Genre | Adventure |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Columbia Pictures |
Cast | John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden, June Howard, Bud Osborne, Paul Marion |
Crew | George H. Plympton (Screenplay), Spencer Gordon Bennet (Director), Ira H. Morgan (Director of Photography), Earl Turner (Editor), J.S. Westmoreland (Sound Engineer), Sidney Clifford (Set Decoration) |
Keyword | jungle |
Release | Jun 09, 1955 |
Runtime | 225 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.00 / 10 by 1 users |
Popularity | 1 |
Budget | 0 |
Revenue | 0 |
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