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Captive Girl (1950)

Captive Girl poster
Directed by
William Berke
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 14m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.5 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jungle adventurer helps a woman who is a captive of a dangerous tribe. He must navigate the wilderness and confront villains to rescue her.

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What happens

Captive Girl is the fourth Jungle Jim film produced by Columbia Pictures. Directed by William Berke, it stars Johnny Weissmuller as the title character. The film is also Weissmuller's second teaming with Buster Crabbe after Swamp Fire (1946). Captive Girl is the only feature film appearance of Anita Lhoest, a swimming champion and cellist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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