John Hart
Captain Africa
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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
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| Release Date | 1955-06-09 |
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| Runtime | 3h 45m |
| Directors | Spencer Gordon Bennet, Ira H. Morgan, Horace Hough |
| Producer | Sam Katzman |
| Writers | George H. Plympton, George H. Plympton |
