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Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)

Name: Adventures of Captain Africa
Genre: Adventure
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 3 hr 45 min
Rating: 60
Cast: John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden, June Howard, Bud Osborne

Movie"MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER"

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NR 3 hr 45 minJun 9th, 1955Adventure

Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials The Phantom1943 and primarily The Desert Hawk1944 with John Hart and the alwaysdull Rick Vallin making lessthanadequate substitutes for Tom Tyler and Gilbert Roland this Sam Katzman production finds the mighty jungle avenger and legendary Captain Africa A Phantom ripoff that sidestepped 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 wildanimal trapper Nat Coleman and his assistant Omar and to cover all bases

StarringJohn HartRick VallinBen Welden

DirectorSpencer Gordon Bennet

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