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Release year: 1937

Storyline

Kind-hearted boy with sturdy character visits Africa to search for his missing father and finds adventures against hard-core criminals and wild animals.

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Frankie Thomas — Tim Tyler
Frances Robinson — Lora Lacey
Jack Mulhall — Sgt. Gates
Al Shean — Professor Tyler

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Did you know

• Mel Koontz doubles as stuntman in scenes that have a lion attacking someone. The lion is actually trained by Mel Koontz and is known as Leo the Lion by MGM studios. This is the lion that is seen at the beginning of MGM movies. The lion that roars. The lion's real name is Jackie.

• The "Jungle Cruiser" in this movie is from Undersea Kingdom (1936).

• Chapter Title [and running time]: * 1. Jungle Pirates [21:02] * 2. Dead Man's Pass [21:31] * 3. Into the Lions' Den [21:20] * 4. The Ivory Trail [21:06] * 5. Trapped in the Quicksands [18:26] * 6. The Jaws of the Jungle [20:10] * 7. The King of the Gorillas [19:35] * 8. The Spider Caught! [21:03] * 9. The Gates of Doom [21:14] * 10. A Race for a Fortune [20:39] * 11. No Man's Land [20:28] * 12. The Kimberley Diamonds [21:15]