
Captain America(1944)
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons his enemies and steals a secret device capable of destroying buildings by sound vibrations.


“With Sound! Music! And Dialogue!”
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.

Jacqueline Logan
Diana Martin

Walter Miller
Larry Trent

Richard Tucker
Chief of the Secret Service

Boris Karloff
Scarface Macklin

Larry Steers
Jack Drake

Harry Todd
Commodore

Richard Neill
Tom Trent

Lafe McKee
Trader John

J.P. Lockney
Father Ricardo
William P. Burt
Mooney
The King of the Kongo is a action, adventure film released in 1929 exploring themes of gorilla, movie serial. Directed by Richard Thorpe, it stars Jacqueline Logan, Walter Miller, Richard Tucker. A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
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