Perils of Nyoka
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| Directed by | William Witney |
| Produced by | William J. O'Sullivan |
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Ronald Davidson Norman S. Hall William Liveley Joseph O'Donnell Joseph F. Poland Edgar Rice Burroughs (character) |
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Kay Aldridge Clayton Moore Lorna Gray Charles Middleton William Benedict Forbes Murray George Pembroke |
| Cinematography | Reggie Lanning |
| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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15 chapters (261 minutes (serial) 100 minutes (TV) |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $169,296 (negative cost: $175,010) |
Perils of Nyoka is a 1942 Republic Movie serial directed by William Witney. It starred Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial Jungle Girl.
Nyoka, with help from Larry Grayson, attempts to discover the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates. The tablets contain the medical knowledge of the Ancients — not to mention being buried along with gold and other treasure. Also hunting for the tablets are Queen Vultura ("Ruler of the Arabs") and Cassib.
Perils of Nyoka was budgeted at $169,296 although the final negative cost was $175,010 (a $5,714, or 3.4%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1942. It was filmed between March 20 and May 2, 1942, with the outdoor action sequences shot primarily at the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, Calif. The serial's production number was 1197. The success of the original serial Jungle Girl prompted the sequel, but the studio did not want to pay licensing fees to Burroughs again, so it avoided any repetition of the term "Jungle Girl," to which he had the rights. Instead, "Nyoka," the name of the main character in the first film, was placed in the title of the sequel, because that name was an original creation of Republic's writers, not of Burroughs.
Perils of Nyoka's official release date is 27 June 1942, although this is actually the date the seventh chapter was made available to film exchanges. The serial was re-released on 2 April 1952, under the new title Nyoka and the Tigermen, between the first runs of Radar Men from the Moon and Zombies of the Stratosphere.
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