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Adventures of Captain Africa

1955 Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet

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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John Hart

John Hart

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Captain Africa

Rick Vallin

Rick Vallin

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Ted Arnold

Ben Welden

Ben Welden

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Omar

June Howard

June Howard

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Princess Rhoda

Bud Osborne

Bud Osborne

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Nat Coleman

Paul Marion

Paul Marion

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Abdul el Hamid

Paul Marion

Paul Marion

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Boris - Henchman

225 minutes

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