Captive Girl
1950 film
- April 27, 1950 (1950-04-27) (premiere)
- June 1950 (1950-06) (United States)
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Captive Girl is the fourth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by William Berke and starred Johnny Weissmuller as the title character.[1][2] It was also Weissmuller's second teaming with his fellow former Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medal swimming champion Buster Crabbe after Swamp Fire (1946).[3] The film was the only feature film appearance of Anita Lhoest who was a swimming champion and cellist.[4]
Plot
Jungle Jim is summoned to go to a different jungle area for a twin mission. He is to escort Chief Mahala, returning after studying in the West, to regain the leadership of his tribe. His second mission is to investigate a mysterious blonde witch who has a pet tiger. It is believed the "witch" is actually Joan Martindale, the child of a long missing couple. In his absence, Chief Mahala's leadership has been usurped by the evil witch doctor Hakim who seeks to kill the white witch.
A third factor is the evil treasure hunter Barton. Hakim keeps his power by making sacrifices of prisoners bound in gold chains and jewels who are thrown into the Lagoon of the Dead; these victims included the Martindales with Hakim seeking Joan to prevent her testifying against him after Mahala gains control of the tribe. Using scuba gear, Barton seeks to gather the gold and jewels of the drowned victims for himself.
Cast
- Johnny Weissmuller as Jungle Jim
- Buster Crabbe as Barton
- Anita Lhoest as Joan Martindale
- Rick Vallin as Chief Mahala
- John Dehner as Hakim
- Rusty Wescoatt as Silva
- Frank Lackteen as Village Elder
- Nelson Leigh as Reverend E.R. Holcom
References
- ^ "Captive Girl". www.geostan.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
- ^ CAPTIVE GIRL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 17, Iss. 193, (Jan 1, 1950): 171.
- ^ Johnny Weissmuller: Olympics to Tarzan Behlmer, Rudy. Films in Review; New York Vol. 47, Iss. 7-8, (Jul/Aug 1996): 20.
- ^ "Anita Lhoest - Captive Girl - 1950". 27 September 2016.
External links
- Captive Girl at IMDb
- Review of film at Variety
- Captive Girl at TCMDB
- Captive Girl at AllMovie
- Captive Girl at the American Film Institute Catalog
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Jungle Jim
Created by: Alex Raymond and Don Moore
- Jungle Jim serial (1937)
- Jungle Jim (1955-56 series)
- Jungle Jim (1948)
- The Lost Tribe (1949)
- Mark of the Gorilla (1950)
- Captive Girl (1950)
- Pygmy Island (1950)
- Fury of the Congo (1951)
- Jungle Manhunt (1951)
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
- Voodoo Tiger (1952)
- Savage Mutiny (1953)
- Valley of the Headhunters (1953)
- Killer Ape (1953)
- Jungle Man-Eaters (1954)
- Cannibal Attack (1954)
- Jungle Moon Men (1955)
- Devil Goddess (1955)
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