Adventures of Captain Africa
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June 9, 1955
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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
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director
Ira H. Morgan
Director of Photography
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Cast
John Hart
Captain Africa
Rick Vallin
Ted Arnold
Ben Welden
Omar
June Howard
Princess Rhoda
Bud Osborne
Nat Coleman