Directed by:
William BerkeCinematography:
Ira H. MorganCast:
Johnny Weissmuller, Buster Crabbe, Anita Lhoest, Rick Vallin, John Dehner, Nelson Leigh, Stanley Price, Rusty Wescoatt, Frank LackteenPlots(1)
Number three in Columbia's "Jungle Jim" series was the misleadingly titled Captive Girl. Johnny Weissmuller returns as Jim, who this time out comes to the rescue of a white girl named Joan (Anita Lhoest), who has been raised as a "jungle goddess," complete with revealing costume and pet tiger. The heavy of the piece is Native witch doctor Hakim (John Dehner), who killed Joan's parents years earlier and who fears exposure. The most fascinating aspect of the film is the presence of Buster Crabbe— whose own career (Olympic swimmer turned film star) closely resembled Weissmuller's—in an unsympathetic role as a mercenary explorer. Original prints of Captive Girl were released in Sepiatone. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Johnny Weissmuller
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Buster Crabbe
USA
Best movies:
Arizona Raiders (1965)
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
Anita Lhoest
USA
Rick Vallin
Best movies:
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Lone Star (1952)
Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
John Dehner
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Man from Bitter Ridge (1955)
Nelson Leigh
USA
Best movies:
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Stanley Price
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
State of the Union (1948)
Rusty Wescoatt
USA
Best movies:
Touch of Evil (1958)
Morituri (1965)
Red Sundown (1956)
Frank Lackteen
Lebanon
Best movies:
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)