| King of the Wild | |
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| Directed by | B. Reeves Eason Richard Thorpe Lionel Backus(asst.) Theodore Joos(asst.) |
| Written by | Wyndham Gittens Ford Beebe |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Starring | Walter Miller Nora Lane Dorothy Christy Tom Santschi Boris Karloff Arthur McLaglen Mischa Auer |
| Cinematography | Benjamin H. Kline Edward A. Kull |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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Running time | 12 chapters (248 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King of the Wild is a 1931 Americanpre-CodeMascotmovie serial. The complete serial is available on DVD from Alpha Video.
A seven-reel feature version of the serial was later released in South America under the titleBimi.
Robert Grant, framed for a coup in the Indian country ofRanjapur, escapes from prison to Africa in search of the real villains. Here he meets Sheik Mustapha (Boris Karloff), who has evidence to clear him and the location of a secret diamond mine.
The stars ofKing of the Wild were originally intended to beHarry Carey andEdwina Booth, but filming on theMGM filmTrader Horn (1931) went over-schedule, forcing Mascot to recast the serial with Walter Miller and Nora Lane instead.[1]
Also appearing in the serial was real-life explorer Albert DeWinton. He later went after explorerPercy Fawcett, who had disappeared in Brazil several years earlier. DeWinton also disappeared in the Amazon in early 1934 and was presumed dead.[2] Bimi, the Ape Man, was played by actor Victor McLaglen's brother Arthur, andMischa Auer plays an escaped lunatic named Dakka.
King of the Wild is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serialKing of the Kongo, which also co-starred Boris Karloff, but they are two different serials.[3]
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| Preceded by The Phantom of the West (1931) | MascotSerial King of the Wild (1931) | Succeeded by The Vanishing Legion (1931) |
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