
Adventures of Captain Africa(1955)
Overview
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
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director
Top Billed Cast

John Hart
Captain Africa

Rick Vallin
Ted Arnold

Ben Welden
Omar

June Howard
Princess Rhoda

Bud Osborne
Nat Coleman

Paul Marion
Abdul el Hamid

Paul Marion
Boris - Henchman

Terry Frost
Greg - Henchman

Edward Coch
Balu (as Ed Coch)
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