Congo Bill (serial)

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

Congo Bill
Original poster for Congo Bill
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr
Written by	George H. Plympton Arthur Hoerl Lewis Clay
Based on	Congorilla by Whitney Ellsworth George Papp
Starring	Don McGuire Cleo Moore Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley Leonard Penn Nelson Leigh
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	October 28, 1948 (1948-10-28)
Running time	15 chapters
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Her family engages 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

1. The Untamed Beast
2. Jungle Gold
3. A Hot Reception
4. Congo Bill Springs a Trap
5. White Shadows in the Jungle
6. The White Queen
7. Black Panther
8. Sinister Schemes
9. The Witch Doctor Strikes
10. Trail of Treachery
11. A Desperate Chance
12. The Lair of the Beast
13. Menace of the Jungle
14. Treasure Trap
15. The Missing Letter

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See also

• List of film serials by year
• List of film serials by studio