King of the Wild
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| Directed by |
B. Reeves Eason Richard Thorpe Lionel Backus (asst.) Theodore Joos (asst.) |
| Produced by | Nat Levine |
| Written by |
Wyndham Gittens Ford Beebe |
| Starring |
Walter Miller Nora Lane Dorothy Christy Tom Santschi Boris Karloff Arthur McLaglen |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
| Cinematography |
Benjamin H. Kline Edward A. Kull |
| Distributed by | Mascot Pictures |
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12 chapters (248 min) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
King of the Wild is a 1931 American Pre-Code Mascot movie serial.
Robert Grant, framed for a coup in the Indian country of Ranjapur, escapes from prison to Africa in search of the real villains. Here he meets Sheik Mustapha, who has evidence to clear him, and the location of a secret diamond mine.
The stars of King of the Wild were intended to be Harry Carey and Edwina Booth but filming on the MGM film Trader Horn (1931) went over-schedule, forcing Mascot to recast.
Also appearing in the serial was explorer Albert DeWinton. He later went after explorer Percy Fawcett who had disappeared in Brazil several years earlier. DeWinton also disappeared in the Amazon in early 1934 and was presumed dead.
King of the Wild is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial King of the Kongo, which also starred Boris Karloff.
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