| Captive Girl | |
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 Italianfilm 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 andAlex 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 |
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Running time | 73 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Captive Girl is the fourthJungle Jim film produced byColumbia Pictures. It was directed byWilliam Berke and starredJohnny Weissmuller as the title character.[1][2] It was also Weissmuller's second teaming with his fellow formerTarzan and Olympic Gold Medal swimming championBuster Crabbe afterSwamp Fire (1946).[3] The film was the only feature film appearance of Anita Lhoest who was a swimming champion and cellist.[4]
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 evilwitch 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. Usingscuba gear, Barton seeks to gather the gold and jewels of the drowned victims for himself.
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