Adventures of Captain Africa
09/06/1955
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
Movie Information
John Hart
as Captain Africa
Rick Vallin
as Ted Arnold
Ben Welden
as Omar
June Howard
as Princess Rhoda
Bud Osborne
as Nat Coleman
Paul Marion
as Abdul el Hamid
Paul Marion
as Boris - Henchman
Terry Frost
as Greg - Henchman
Edward Coch
as Balu (as Ed Coch)
Edward Coch
as Prime Minister
