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Adventures of Captain Africa
Release Date:June 9, 1955
Running Time:225 min
Genres:Adventure
Director
Cast
John HartRick VallinBen WeldenJune HowardBud OsbornePaul MarionPaul MarionTerry FrostEdward CochEdward Coch
Top billed cast (via TMDB).
Synopsis
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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