Adventures of Captain Africa

Adventures of Captain Africa

Released on
Adventure
Runtime
225 mins
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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

Cast

  • John Hart
  • Rick Vallin
  • Ben Welden
  • June Howard
  • Bud Osborne
  • Paul Marion
  • Paul Marion
  • Terry Frost
  • Edward Coch
  • Edward Coch

Director

  • Spencer Gordon Bennet

Producers

  • Sam Katzman

Screenwriter

  • George H. Plympton

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