Captive Girl

Captive Girl
Captive Girl
	Italian film poster
Directed by	William Berke
Written by	Carroll Young; (written for the screen by)
Based on	Jungle Jim; 1934-1954 comic strip; by Don Moore and Alex Raymond
Produced by	Sam Katzman
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller
Cinematography	Ira H. Morgan
Edited by	Henry Batista
Music by	Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Production; company	The Katzman Company
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	April 27, 1950 (premiere); July 1950 (United States);
Running time	73 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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 AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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[1] "Captive Girl". www.geostan.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.

[2] CAPTIVE GIRL Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 17, Iss. 193, (Jan 1, 1950): 171.

[3] Johnny Weissmuller: Olympics to Tarzan Behlmer, Rudy. Films in Review; New York Vol. 47, Iss. 7-8, (Jul/Aug 1996): 20.

[4] "Anita Lhoest - Captive Girl - 1950". 27 September 2016.

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v t e Jungle Jim
Created by: Alex Raymond and Don Moore
Series/Serial	Jungle Jim serial (1937) Jungle Jim (1955-56 series)
Films	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)
Related articles	Congo Bill

v t e Films directed by William Berke
1930s	Toll of the Desert (1935) Desert Justice (1936) Gun Grit (1936)
1940s	Lawless Plainsmen (1942) Down Rio Grande Way (1942) Riders of the Northland (1942) Bad Men of the Hills (1942) Overland to Deadwood (1942) The Lone Prairie (1942) Riding Through Nevada (1942) Pardon My Gun (1942) A Tornado in the Saddle (1942) The Fighting Buckaroo (1943) Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943) Saddles and Sagebrush (1943) Law of the Northwest (1943) Frontier Fury (1943) Robin Hood of the Range (1943) Tornado (1943) Hail to the Rangers (1943) Silver City Raiders (1943) Minesweeper (1943) The Vigilantes Ride (1943) Sailor's Holiday (1944) The Navy Way (1944) Girl in the Case (1944) Wyoming Hurricane (1944) Riding West (1944) The Last Horseman (1944) The Falcon in Mexico (1944) That's My Baby! (1944) Dark Mountain (1944) Dangerous Passage (1944) Double Exposure (1944) Betrayal from the East (1945) High Powered (1945) Why Girls Leave Home (1945) Dick Tracy (1945) Ding Dong Williams (1946) Sunset Pass (1946) Rolling Home (1946) The Falcon's Adventure (1946) Renegade Girl (1946) Code of the West (1947) Shoot to Kill (1947) Caged Fury (1948) Speed to Spare (1948) Waterfront at Midnight (1948) Racing Luck (1948) Jungle Jim (1948) Highway 13 (1948) The Lost Tribe (1949) Arson, Inc. (1949) Sky Liner (1949) Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949) Zamba (1949) Deputy Marshal (1949)
1950s	Mark of the Gorilla (1950) Captive Girl (1950) Operation Haylift (1950) I Shot Billy the Kid (1950) On the Isle of Samoa (1950) Gunfire (1950) Train to Tombstone (1950) Border Rangers (1950) Pygmy Island (1950) The Bandit Queen (1950) Danger Zone (1951) Roaring City (1951) Smuggler's Gold (1951) Pier 23 (1951) Savage Drums (1951) FBI Girl (1951) The Jungle (1952) The Marshal's Daughter (1953) Valley of the Head Hunters (1953) Four Boys and a Gun (1957) Street of Sinners (1957) Island Women (1958) Cop Hater (1958) The Mugger (1958)