Congo Bill (serial)

{{Short description|1948 film by Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Congo Bill

| image = CongoBillSerial.JPG

| caption = Original poster for Congo Bill

| director = Spencer Gordon Bennet
Thomas Carr

| producer =

| writer = George H. Plympton
Arthur Hoerl
Lewis Clay

| based_on = {{based on|Congorilla||Whitney Ellsworth|George Papp}}

| starring = Don McGuire
Cleo Moore
Jack Ingram
I. Stanford Jolley
Leonard Penn
Nelson Leigh

| narrator =

| music =

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = Columbia Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1948|10|28}}

| runtime = 15 chapters

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

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

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

The Untamed Beast
Jungle Gold
A Hot Reception
Congo Bill Springs a Trap
White Shadows in the Jungle
The White Queen
Black Panther
Sinister Schemes
The Witch Doctor Strikes
Trail of Treachery
A Desperate Chance
The Lair of the Beast
Menace of the Jungle
Treasure Trap
The Missing Letter

_Source:{{cite book | last = Cline | first = William C. | title = In the Nick of Time | url = https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin | url-access = registration | year = 1984 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc. | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X | pages = [https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin/page/248 248] | chapter = Filmography}}