Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
Overview
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
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.473 |
Directed By
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Crew
Spencer Gordon Bennet
George H. Plympton
George H. Plympton
Sam Katzman
Ira H. Morgan
Earl Turner
Paul Palmentola
Sidney Clifford
Herbert B. Leonard
Horace Hough
J.S. Westmoreland
TOP CAST
John Hart
Captain Africa
Rick Vallin
Ted Arnold
Ben Welden
Omar
June Howard
Princess Rhoda
Bud Osborne
Nat Coleman
Paul Marion
Abdul el Hamid
Paul Marion
Boris - Henchman
Terry Frost
Greg - Henchman
Edward Coch
Balu (as Ed Coch)
Edward Coch
Prime Minister
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