Captive Girl
{{Short description|1950 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Captive Girl
| image = Capgirpos.jpg
| caption = Italian film poster
| director = William Berke
| producer = Sam Katzman
| based_on = {{based on|Jungle Jim
1934-1954 comic strip|Don Moore and Alex Raymond}}
| writer = Carroll Young
(written for the screen by)
| starring = Johnny Weissmuller
| cinematography = Ira H. Morgan
| music = Mischa Bakaleinikoff
| editing = Henry Batista
| distributor = Columbia Pictures
| studio = The Katzman Company
| released = {{film date|1950|04|27|premiere|1950|07||United States}}
| runtime = 73 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.geostan.ca/captive.html|title=Captive Girl|website=www.geostan.ca|access-date=2017-02-25}}CAPTIVE GIRL
Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 17, Iss. 193, (Jan 1, 1950): 171. It was also Weissmuller's second teaming with his fellow former Tarzan and Olympic Gold Medal swimming champion Buster Crabbe after Swamp Fire (1946).Johnny Weissmuller: Olympics to Tarzan
Behlmer, Rudy. Films in Review; New York Vol. 47, Iss. 7-8, (Jul/Aug 1996): 20. The film was the only feature film appearance of Anita Lhoest who was a swimming champion and cellist.{{Cite web|url=https://bizarrela.com/2016/09/anita-lhoest-captive-girl-1950/|title = Anita Lhoest - Captive Girl - 1950|date = 27 September 2016}}
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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0042311}}
- [https://archive.org/details/variety178-1950-04/page/n149/mode/1up/search/%22jungle+jim%22?q=%22jungle+jim%22 Review of film] at Variety
- [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/70263/captive-girl Captive Girl] at TCMDB
- {{AFI film|26255}}
{{Jungle Jim}}
{{Sam Katzman}}
{{William Berke}}
Category:Columbia Pictures films
Category:American adventure films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:Films about witch doctors
Category:Films produced by Sam Katzman
Category:Films directed by William A. Berke
Category:English-language adventure films
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