Perils of Nyoka

Perils of Nyoka

Infobox Film
name = Perils of Nyoka


director =William Witney
producer =William J. O'Sullivan
writer =Ronald Davidson
Norman S. Hall
William Liveley
Joseph O'Donnell
Joseph F. Poland
Edgar Rice Burroughs "(character)"
starring =Kay Aldridge
Clayton Moore
Lorna Gray
Charles Middleton
William Benedict
Forbes Murray
George Pembroke
cinematography =Reggie Lanning
distributor =Republic Pictures
released =1942
runtime =15 chapters (261 min)
language =
budget = $169,296 (negative cost: $175,010)Mathis, Jack (1995). "Valley of the Cliffhangers Supplement". ISBN 0-9632878-1-8]
awards =
imdb_id =0035181

"Perils of Nyoka" is a 1942 Republic Movie serial directed by William Witney and starring Kay Aldridge as Edgar Rice Burroughs' Nyoka the Jungle Girl.

Plot

Nyoka, with Larry Grayson, attempt to discover the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates. This, along with the value of the gold and the treasure it was buried with, contains the medical knowledge of the Ancients. Also hunting for the tablets are Queen Vultura ("Ruler of the Arabs") and Cassib.

Cast

Main Cast

*Kay Aldridge as Nyoka Gordon
*Clayton Moore as Dr Larry Grayson
*Lorna Gray as Vultura, Ruler of the Arabs
*Charles Middleton as Cassib
*William Benedict as Red Davis
*Forbes Murray as Prof Douglas Campbell
*George Pembroke as John Spencer
*Tristram Coffin as Benito Torrini
*Forrest Taylor as Translator

upporting Cast

*Forbes Murray as Professor Douglas Campbell
*Robert Strange as Professor Henry Gordon
*George Pembroke as John Spencer
*Georges Renavent as Maghreb, Vultura's high priest
*John Davidson as Lhoba, Tuareg high priest
*George J. Lewis as Batan, Arab henchman
*Ken Terrell as Ahmed, Arab henchman
*John Bagni as Ben Ali
*Kenne Duncan as Abou, expedition headman
*Arvon Dale as Bedouin 1

Chapter titles

#Desert Intigue
#Death's Chariot
#Devil's Crucible
#Ascending doom
#Fatal Second
#Human Sacrifice
#Monster's Clutch
#Tuareg Vengeance
#Burned Alive
#Treacherous Trail
#Unknown Peril
#Underground Tornado
#Thundering Death
#Blazing Barrier
#Satan's Fury

ee also

* Jungle Girl - character type
* Jungle Girl (1941) - Earlier Nyoka Serial
* Damsel in distress

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0035181|title=The Perils of Nyoka

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title=Republic Serial
before=Spy Smasher (1942)
years=Perils of Nyoka(1942)
after=King of the Mounties (1942)


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