Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger!

1955
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3h 45m

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John Hart and June Howard in Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger! (1955)

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Trapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a loo... Read allTrapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a look-alike usurper allied with an unnamed foreign power. The Caliph intends to return but ene... Read allTrapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a look-alike usurper allied with an unnamed foreign power. The Caliph intends to return but enemy agents Boris and Greg are out to stop him. Captain Africa a masked jungle lord, appears... Read all

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6.5/10

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Trivia
Originally meant to be a sequel to The Phantom (1943) serial, but the rights were unattainable, so the story was switched to a similar "original" character instead.

Goofs
Michael Fox doesn't appear throughout the entire serial and yet he's mentioned in the credits as the prime minister.

Quotes
Ted Arnold: [as the lion approaches to attack Captain Africa] Why are we running away and leaving him to that lion?
Nat Coleman: Because he ordered us too! Besides the lion might be a personal friend of his! Who knows?

Connections
Edited from Jungle Menace (1937)

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10/10

Brilliant for kids !!

I have only seen this series once - for 15 (I think) consecutive Saturday mornings in an English cinema back in the 1950s.

I absolutely loved it!!

The cliffhanging endings fired my imagination. One that particularly impressed me was the one in which Captain Africa was lying senseless under a descending portcullis which was threatening to impale him. I could hardly bear to wait the seven days until the next episode to see whether (or rather, how) he would escape from that one!!

I also developed a great longing to own a pith helmet - an ambition sadly unfulfilled to this day!

At the time I was not aware that this serial took footage from other, more illustrious, features (as a reviewer here suggests). But from my childish perspective it was a terrific series and thoroughly entertaining. I would love to see it again.

Best wishes to John Hart (still with us in 2003) and any other survivors of the series.

bob