Adventures of Captain Africa

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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

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Adventure

Duration:

225 minutes

Year:

1955

Director:

Spencer Gordon Bennet

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Company:

Columbia Pictures

Cast:
John Hart

Captain Africa

Rick Vallin

Ted Arnold

Ben Welden

Omar

June Howard

Princess Rhoda

Bud Osborne

Nat Coleman

Crew:
Spencer Gordon Bennet

Director

George H. Plympton

Screenplay

George H. Plympton

Story

Sam Katzman

Producer

Ira H. Morgan

Director of Photography