King of the Wild

1931 film

  • May 1, 1931 (1931-05-01)
Running time
12 chapters (248 min)CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

King of the Wild is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot movie 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 title Bimi.

Plot

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 (Boris Karloff), who has evidence to clear him and the location of a secret diamond mine.

Cast

  • Walter Miller as Robert Grant, American escapee from Ranjapur
  • Nora Lane as Muriel Armitage, Tom Armitage's sister
  • Dorothy Christy as Mrs LaSalle
  • Tom Santschi as Harris, Villainous Animal trapper
  • Boris Karloff as Mustapha, an African sheikh
  • Arthur McLaglen as Bimi, the Ape man
  • Carroll Nye as Tom Armitage, Muriel's brother who knows the location of a secret diamond mine
  • Victor Potel as Peterson
  • Albert DeWinton as Cyril Wainwright
  • Martha Lalande as Mrs Colby
  • Mischa Auer as Dakka, an escaped lunatic
  • Lafe McKee as Officer

Production

The stars of King of the Wild were originally intended to be Harry Carey and Edwina Booth, but filming on the MGM film Trader 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 explorer Percy 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, and Mischa Auer plays an escaped lunatic named Dakka.

King of the Wild is sometimes misreported as an alternate title for the serial King of the Kongo, which also co-starred Boris Karloff, but they are two different serials.[3]

Chapter titles

  1. Man Eaters
  2. Tiger of Destiny
  3. The Avenging Horde
  4. Secret of the Volcano
  5. Pit of Peril
  6. Creeping Doom
  7. Sealed Lips
  8. Jaws of the Jungle
  9. Door of Dread
  10. Leopard's Lair
  11. The Fire of the Gods
  12. Jungle Justice

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ King of the Wild at the All Movie, retrieved 29/04/07
  2. ^ Associated Press via Montreal Gazette (September 17, 1934)
  3. ^ Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "14. The Villains "All Bad, All Mad"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. p. 351. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  4. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 203. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

External links

  • King of the Wild at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • King of the Wild at AllMovie
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