Darkest Africa

1936, regia di B. Reeves Eason, Joseph Kane

Scheda: Nazione: USA - Produzione: Republic Pictures - Distribuzione: Republic Pictures, Republic Pictures Home Video, Hollywood Television Service, British Empire Films - Soggetto: John Rathmell, Tracy Knight - Sceneggiatura: John Rathmell, Barney A. Sarecky, Ted Parsons - Fotografia: Edgar Lyons, William Nobles - Montaggio: Richard Fantl - Musiche (direttore): Harry Grey - Effetti speciali: Roy Granville - Formato: B.N., serie di 15 episodi - Durata: 269' (totale dei 15 episodi).

Cast: Clyde Beatty, Manuel King, Elaine Shepard, Lucien Prival, Edmund Cobb, Ray Corrigan, Wheeler Oakman, Harrison Greene, Edward McWade, Donald Reed, Henry Sylvester, Ray Turner.

Trama e commenti: fantafilm.net - mymovies.it - grindhouse.it - contenebbia.splinder.com: «L’addestratore di animali Clyde Beatty interpreta se stesso in questo primo serial della Republic. Egli attraversa la misteriosa città di Joba, fatta costruire da Salomone, per salvare una ragazza che un oscuro Sacerdote, Dagna, ha identificato come la Dea del Vampiro d’Oro. Beatty, il ragazzo della giungla Baru e il suo gorilla, Bonga, sono costretti ad affrontare l’Armata di Vampiri agli ordini di Dagna, in una serie composta da 15 episodi».

Plot Summary, Synopsis, Review: IMDb - allmovie.com - dondammassa.com - scifilm.org - en.wikipedia.org: «Darkest Africa (1936) is a Republic movie serial. This was the first serial produced by Republic Pictures and was a loose sequel to a Mascot Pictures serial called The Lost Jungle, also starring Clyde Beatty. Mascot, and other companies, had been taken over in 1935 by Consolidated Film Laboratories and merged to become Republic. Producer Nat Levine was formerly the owner of Mascot Pictures. While on Safari in East Africa, Clyde Beatty runs into a loincloth wearing boy, Baru, and his pet ape Bonga. Baru reveals that he has escaped from the lost city of Joba, King Solomon's sacred city of the Golden Bat, but that his sister, Valerie, remains there. She was found by High Priest Dagna as a child and declared to be Joba's goddess as part of his quest for power. Her escape could cause a revolt among the city's citizens. Clyde agrees to help Baru rescue Valerie and they set out to Joba, through the Valley of Lost Souls. Meanwhile, the unscrupulous Durkin and Craddock notice the green diamond Baru is wearing and follow them to plunder the city for similar jewels. Dagna receives word of the heroes approach from his Bat-men and makes plans to stop them...».

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Conosciuto anche con i titoli: Bat Men of Africa; Dark Continent; King of Jungleland.

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