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Adventures of Captain Africa

60 %|Jun 9, 1955|Adventure

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

Featured Crew

George H. Plympton
Screenplay
Sam Katzman
Producer
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director
Earl Turner
Editor
Paul Palmentola
Art Direction
Horace Hough
Assistant Director
Ira H. Morgan
Director of Photography
George H. Plympton
Story

Cast

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John Hart
Captain Africa
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Rick Vallin
Ted Arnold
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June Howard
Princess Rhoda
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Bud Osborne
Nat Coleman
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Paul Marion
Abdul el Hamid
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Paul Marion
Boris - Henchman
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Terry Frost
Greg - Henchman
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Edward Coch
Balu (as Ed Coch)
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Edward Coch
Prime Minister