Congo Bill (serial)

Congo Bill
Original poster for Congo Bill
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr
Starring	Don McGuire Cleo Moore Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley Leonard Penn Nelson Leigh
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	October 28, 1948 (1948-10-28)
Running time	15 chapters
Country	United States
Language	English

Congo Bill (1948) is a Columbia movie serial based on the DC Comics character Congo Bill.

Plot

A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Only then, family charges Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about a mysterious White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive...

Cast

Don McGuire as Congo Bill, famed hunter and animal trainer
Cleo Moore as Queen Lureen/ Ruth Culver, white ruler of a forbidden valley in Africa and the missing heiress to the Culver fortune
Jack Ingram as Cameron, mysterious trader
I. Stanford Jolley as Bernie McGraw, villainous trustee of the Culver fortune
Leonard Penn as Andre Bocar, owner of the seedy African bar The Green Parrot Inn, in Bernie McGraw's pay and working for his own ends
Nelson Leigh as Dr Greenway
Charles King as Kleeg, employee of Andre Bocar in The Green Parrot Inn
Armida Vendrell as Zalea
Hugh Prosser as Morelli
Neyle Morrow as Kahla
Fred Graham as Villabo
Rusty Wescoatt as Ivan
Anthony Warde as Rogan
Stephen Carr as Tom McGraw, murdered brother of Bernie McGraw and trustee of the Culver fortune
William Fawcett as Blinky
Knox Manning as Narrator
Frank O'Connor as Frank, cafe clerk
Eddie Parker as torturer
Stanley Price as Nagu's friend

Crew

Directors: Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet
Producer: Sam Katzman
Cinematographer : Ira Morgan
Art Director : Paul Palmentola
Editors : Earl Turner, Dwight Caldwell
Sound mixer : Josh Westmoreland

Chapter titles

The Untamed Beast
Jungle Gold
A Hot Reception
Congo Bill Springs a Trap
White Shadows in the Jungle
The White Queen
Black Panther
Sinister Schemes
The Witch Doctor Strikes
Trail of Treachery
A Desperate Chance
The Lair of the Beast
Menace of the Jungle
Treasure Map
The Missing Letter

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References

↑ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 248. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

Congo Bill at the Internet Movie Database
Congo Bill at AllMovie

Preceded by Superman (1948)	Columbia Serial 'Congo Bill (1948)	Succeeded by Bruce Gentry (1949)

Columbia serials

Pre-war serials (1937–1941)	Jungle Menace The Mysterious Pilot The Secret of Treasure Island The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok The Spider's Web Flying G-Men Mandrake the Magician Overland with Kit Carson The Shadow Terry and the Pirates Deadwood Dick The Green Archer White Eagle The Spider Returns The Iron Claw Holt of the Secret Service

War-time serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight Perils of the Royal Mounted The Secret Code The Valley of Vanishing Men Batman The Phantom The Desert Hawk Black Arrow Brenda Starr, Reporter The Monster and the Ape

Post-war serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders Who's Guilty? Hop Harrigan Chick Carter, Detective Son of the Guardsman Jack Armstrong The Vigilante The Sea Hound Brick Bradford Tex Granger Superman Congo Bill Bruce Gentry Batman and Robin Adventures of Sir Galahad Cody of the Pony Express Atom Man vs. Superman Pirates of the High Seas Roar of the Iron Horse Mysterious Island Captain Video King of the Congo Blackhawk Son of Geronimo The Lost Planet The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd Gunfighters of the Northwest Riding with Buffalo Bill The Adventures of Captain Africa Perils of the Wilderness Blazing the Overland Trail

Live-action films based on DC Comics

Serials

Single films

Franchises

Batman

1966	Batman

1989	Batman Batman Returns Batman Forever Batman & Robin

2005	Batman Begins The Dark Knight The Dark Knight Rises

Superman

1951	Superman and the Mole Men Stamp Day for Superman

1978	Superman Superman II The Richard Donner Cut Superman III Superman IV: The Quest for Peace Superman Returns

2013	Man of Steel

RED

RED
RED 2

Swamp Thing

See also

DC Extended Universe

Films produced by Sam Katzman

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Serials	Shadow of Chinatown (1936) Blake of Scotland Yard (1937) Who's Guilty? (1945) Jungle Raiders (1945) Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945) Chick Carter, Detective (1946) Son of the Guardsman (1946) Jack Armstrong (1947) The Sea Hound (1947) Brick Bradford (1947) Superman (1948) The Adventures of Sir Galahad (1949) Batman and Robin (1949) Bruce Gentry (1949) Pirates of the High Seas (1950) Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) Cody of the Pony Express (1950) The Mysterious Island (1951) Roar of the Iron Horse (1951) Son of Geronimo: Apache Avenger (1952) The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953) The Lost Planet (1953) Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) Perils of the Wilderness (1956) Blazing the Overland Trail (1956)

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