Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
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
Director:
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writer:
George H. Plympton
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John Hart as Captain Africa |
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Rick Vallin as Ted Arnold |
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Ben Welden as Omar |
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June Howard as Princess Rhoda |
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Bud Osborne as Nat Coleman |
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Paul Marion as Abdul el Hamid |
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Paul Marion as Boris - Henchman |
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Terry Frost as Greg - Henchman |
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Edward Coch as Balu (as Ed Coch) |
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Edward Coch as Prime Minister |
| Writing | George H. Plympton | Screenplay |
| Directing | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Director |
| Camera | Ira H. Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Earl Turner | Editor |
| Sound | J.S. Westmoreland | Sound Engineer |
| Art | Sidney Clifford | Set Decoration |
| Art | Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| Production | Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Production | Herbert B. Leonard | Production Manager |
| Directing | Horace Hough | Assistant Director |
| Writing | George H. Plympton | Story |
