Adventures of Captain Africa
1955, English. Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
MIGHTY JUNGLE AVENGER!
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
- Runtime
- 3h 45m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 9 June 1955
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- George H. Plympton
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Adventures of Captain Africa runs 225 minutes (3h 45m).
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Adventures of Captain Africa isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 9 June 1955. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Adventures of Captain Africa?
Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and stars John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden.