Adventures of Captain Africa, Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Spencer Gordon Bennet

Writers:

George H. Plympton (screenplay)
George H. Plympton (story)

Release Date:

9 June 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!

Plot:

Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Serial | Character Name In Title

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
Lee Roberts	...	Boris - Henchman
Terry Frost	...	Greg - Henchman
Edward Coch	...	Balu (as Ed Coch)
Michael Fox	...	Prime Minister

Runtime:

(15 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Approved | Finland:(Banned) (1955)

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Originally meant to be a sequel to The Phantom (1943) serial, but the rights were unattainable, so the story was switched to a similar "original" character instead.

Movie Connections:

Features The Desert Hawk (1944)

Wooden, silly, incoherent mish-mash.

An obvious knock-off of THE PHANTOM, using stock footage and possessing the bare minimum of plot (and THAT incoherent), THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN AFRICA is Columbia Serials at its worst. Terrible acting, bad stunt work, and heavy padding all add up fifteen chapters of pure junk that is just not worth wading through. For absolute die hard fanatic completists only.