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Congo Bill
Original poster for Congo Bill
Directed by	Spencer Gordon Bennet Thomas Carr
Starring	Don McGuire Cleo Moore Jack Ingram I. Stanford Jolley Leonard Penn Nelson Leigh
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	28 October 1948
Running time	15 chapters
Country	United States
Language	English

Congo Bill (1948) is a Columbia movie serial based on DC Comics character Congo Bill.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Chapter titles
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Plot

Congo Bill searches Africa following rumours of a "White Goddess" and for an heiress, missing since her plane crashed in the wilderness. However, Bernie McGraw, the man who stands to inherit everything if Bill fails, is out to stop him.

Cast

Don McGuire as Congo Bill, famed Hunter and Animal trainer
Cleo Moore as Queen Lureen, white ruler of a forbidden valley in Africa & Ruth Culver missing heiress to the Culver fortune
Jack Ingram as Cameron, Mysterious trader
I. Stanford Jolley as Bernie McGraw, Villainous trustee of the Culver fortune
Leonard Penn as Andre Bocar, Owner of the seedy African bar The Green Parrot Inn, in Bernie McGraw's pay and working for his own ends
Nelson Leigh as Dr Greenway
Charles King as Kleeg, works for Andre Bocar in The Green Parrot Inn
Armida as Zalea
Hugh Prosser as Morelli
Neyle Morrow as Kahla
Fred Graham as Villabo
Rusty Wescoatt as Ivan
Anthony Warde as Rogan
Stephen Carr as Tom McGraw, Murdered brother of Bernie McGraw and trustee of the Culver fortune

Chapter titles

The Untamed Beast
Jungle Gold
A Hot Reception
Congo Bill Springs a Trap
White Shadows in the Jungle
The White Queen
Black Panther
Sinister Schemes
The Witch Doctor Strikes
Trail of Treachery
A Desperate Chance
The Lair of the Beast
Menace of the Jungle
Treasure Map
The Missing Letter

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References

^ Cline, William C.. "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc.. pp. pp. 248. ISBN 078640471X.

External links

Congo Bill at the Internet Movie Database
Congo Bill at Allmovie

Preceded by Superman (1948)	Columbia Serial 'Congo Bill (1948)	Succeeded by Bruce Gentry (1949)

Columbia serials

Serials

Pre-war Serials (1937–1942)	Jungle Menace · The Mysterious Pilot · The Secret of Treasure Island · The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · The Spider's Web · Flying G-Men · Mandrake the Magician · Overland with Kit Carson · The Shadow · Terry and the Pirates · Deadwood Dick · The Green Archer · White Eagle · The Spider Returns · The Iron Claw · Holt of the Secret Service

War-time Serials (1942–1945)	Captain Midnight · Perils of the Royal Mounted · The Secret Code · The Valley of Vanishing Men · Batman · The Phantom · The Desert Hawk · Black Arrow · Brenda Starr, Reporter · The Monster and the Ape

Post-war Serials (1945–1956)	Jungle Raiders · Who's Guilty? · Hop Harrigan · Chick Carter, Detective · Son of the Guardsman · Jack Armstrong · The Vigilante · The Sea Hound · Brick Bradford · Tex Granger · Superman · Congo Bill · Bruce Gentry · Batman and Robin · Adventures of Sir Galahad · Cody of the Pony Express · Atom Man vs. Superman · Pirates of the High Seas · Roar of the Iron Horse · Mysterious Island · Captain Video · King of the Congo · Blackhawk · Son of Geronimo · The Lost Planet · The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd · Gunfighters of the Northwest · Riding with Buffalo Bill · The Adventures of Captain Africa · Perils of the Wilderness · Blazing the Overland Trail

See also

Film serials List of film serials · List of film serials by studio

DC Comics films

Serials	Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) • Spy Smasher (1942) • Batman (1943) • The Vigilante (1947) • Hop Harrigan (1946) • Superman (1948) • Congo Bill (1948) • Batman and Robin (1949) • Atom Man vs. Superman (1950) • Blackhawk (1952)

Single films	Superman and the Mole Men (1951) • Batman (1966) • Steel (1997) • Road to Perdition (2002) • Catwoman (2004) • A History of Violence (2005) • Constantine (2005) • V for Vendetta (2005) • Watchmen (2009) • Jonah Hex (2010) • Green Lantern (2011)

Film series	Batman film series: Batman (1989) • Batman Returns (1992) • Batman Forever (1995) • Batman & Robin (1997) • Batman Begins (2005) • The Dark Knight (2008) Superman film series: Superman (1978) • Superman II (1980) • Superman III (1983) • Supergirl (1984) • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) • Superman Returns (2006) • Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006) Swamp Thing: Swamp Thing (1982) • The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

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