THE PHANTOM! & CAPTAIN AFRICA MOVIE SERIALS, COMPLETE!

THE PHANTOM! & CAPTAIN AFRICA MOVIE SERIALS, COMPLETE!

THE PHANTOM 1943

Starring Tom Tyler, Kenneth Macdonald, Frank Shannon & Jeanne Bates
15 Chapters & 266 mins - The Phantom rules over the jungle, maintaining the peace over all the native tribes. He is said to be immortal, but in truth he is part of a family business: when one Phantom gets too old or dies, his son takes up the reins and dons the suit. This happens to Prescott, the son of the last Phantom, who rushes to his father's deathbed. His father was killed by a poison dart, shot by those who wanted to use the natives for their own purposes, in order to build a secret airbase at the lost city of Zoloz. Prescott was to have been one of an archaeological expedition searching for that city, led by Professor Davidson and accompanied by his lovely daughter Diana. The professor has carved pieces of ivory that when put together like a jigsaw puzzle gives the location of the city, but a vital piece is missing. The new and inexperienced Phantom has as his mission to help the professor find the missing key, and defeat those who would disrupt the peace of the jungle. Based on the Lee Falk comic-strip.

THE ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN AFRICA! 1955

Starring John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Weldon, June Howard & Bud Osborne
15 Chapters & 250 mins - Often seen as a "sort of" sequel to 1943's The Phantom, tells the story of Captain Africa and his friends as they help Caliph Hamid, whose prime minister has been kidnapped, regain his throne and vanquish the false caliph. Along the way Capt Africa (who is suited up to look very much like The Phantom) encounters a lost civilization, crocodiles, slaves and a gorilla.