Panther Girl of the Kongo

Infobox Film
name = Panther Girl of the Kongo


director =Franklin Adreon
producer =Franklin Adreon
writer =Ronald Davidson
starring =Phyllis Coates
Myron Healey
Arthur Space
John Daheim
Mike Ragan
Morris Buchanan
Roy Glenn
cinematography =Bud Thackery
distributor =Republic Pictures
released =1955
runtime =12 chapters (167 min)
language = English
country = USA
budget =
awards =
imdb_id = 0048465

"Panther Girl of the Kongo" (1955) is a Republic movie serial. It used a lot of stock footage from the earlier Republic serial "Jungle Girl". This was the penultimate (sixty-fifth of sixty-six) serial produced by Republic. As with any serial produced in this period, it is not considered to be the best of the medium.

"Panther Girl of the Kongo" mixes several stock serial plots including the "land grab", exotic location, jungle girl and mad scientist.

Plot

Mad Scientist "Morgan" wants sole access to secret diamond mines in the local area of Africa. In order to accomplish this he breeds giant crayfish ("Claw Monsters") to scare away any other inhabitants. "Jean Evans", the Panther Girl, and friend "Larry Sanders" encounter this plot while on a photo safari in the region.

Cast

*Phyllis Coates as Jean Evans, the Panther Girl
*Myron Healey as Larry Sanders, a big game hunter
*Arthur Space as Dr Morgan, a Mad Scientist
*John Daheim as Cass, one of Dr Morgan's Henchmen
*Mike Ragan as Rand, one of Dr Morgan's Henchmen
*Morris Buchanan as Tembo
*Roy Glenn as Chief Danka

Chapter titles

#The Claw Monster
#Jungle Ambush
#The Killer Beast
#Sands of Doom
#Test of Terror
#High Peril
#Double Trap
#Crater of Flame
#River of Death
#Blasted Evidence -- Re-Cap Chapter
#Double Danger
#House of Doom

tunts & Effects

Stunts by:
*Tom Steele as Larry Sanders (doubling Myron Healey)
*Helen Thurston as Jean Evans/Panther Girl (doubling Phyllis Coates)
*Dave Sharpe as Panther Girl (doubling Phyllis Coates via stock footage)
*Fred Graham as Nick Burgass

Special Effects by the Lydecker brothers

References

*imdb title|id=0048465|title=Panther Girl of the Kongo

External links

*imdb title|id=0048465|title=Panther Girl of the Kongo
* [http://www.serialexperience.com/showarticle.php?fldRecNum=40 Panther Girl of the Kongo at Todd Gault's Movie Serial Experience]

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title=Republic Serial
before=Man with the Steel Whip (1954)
years=Panther Girl of the Kongo (1955)
after=King of the Carnival (1955)