Secret Service in Darkest Africa
1943 film by Spencer Gordon Bennet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Secret Service in Darkest Africa is a 1943 Republic serial. It was Republic's thirtieth serial, of the sixty-six produced by the studio.
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
| Written by | Royal Cole Ronald Davidson Basil Dickey Jesse Duffy Joseph O'Donnell Joseph Poland |
| Produced by | William J. O'Sullivan |
| Starring | Rod Cameron Joan Marsh Duncan Renaldo Lionel Royce Kurt Kreuger Frederic Brunn |
| Cinematography | William Bradford |
| Edited by | Wallace Grissell Tom Malloy |
| Music by | Mort Glickman |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 15 chapters (243 minutes) (serial)[1] 100 minutes (TV)[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $174,536 (negative cost: $210,033)[1] |
It was a sequel to G-Men vs. the Black Dragon released earlier in 1943, again starring Rod Cameron as American secret agent Rex Bennett. This time Bennet faces the Nazis rather than the Japanese. As with the earlier installment, Bennet is supported by characters from some of the allied nations in World War II.
The serial is also known by the titles Manhunt in the African Jungles, changed when it was re-released in 1954, and The Baron's African War, when it was edited into a 100-minute film for television in 1966.