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Adventures of Captain Africa

Adventures of Captain Africa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jun 9, 1955

Runtime

3h 45m

Genres

Adventure

User Score

60%

Original Title

Adventures of Captain Africa

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Director

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Description

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