Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
Adventure
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
Cast
- 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