Panther Girl of the Kongo
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Budget 172,793 USD Duration Country United States | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Action, Sci-Fi Writer Ronald Davidson Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 3 January 1955 (serial)1966 (TV) Cast (Jean Evans the Panther Girl), (Larry Sanders), (Dr. Morgan), John Daheim (Cass)Similar movies Hitman: Agent 47 , The Dark Knight Rises , The Dark Knight , Mission: Impossible II , Batman Begins , Mission: Impossible Tagline MAN-MADE MONSTERS TERRIFY THE JUNGLE as a mad scientist prepares to unleash a new fury on the world! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Panther Girl of the Kongo is a 1955 Republic movie serial. It used a lot of stock footage from the 1941 Republic serial Jungle Girl. This was the penultimate (sixty-fifth of sixty-six) serial produced by Republic.
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- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Stunts
- Special Effects
- Theatrical
- Television
- Critical reception
- Chapter titles
- References
Panther Girl of the Kongo mixes several stock serial plots including the "land grab", exotic location, jungle girl and mad scientist. Phyllis Coates played the Panther Girl.
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
Production
Panther Girl of the Kongo was budgeted at $172,793 although the final negative cost was $179,341 (a $6,548, or 3.8%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1955.
It was filmed between 16 August and 4 September 1954 under the working title Panther Woman of the Kongo. The serial's production number was 1939.
In order to make it possible to use significant stock footage from the earlier Jungle Girl, and cheaply pad out Panther Girl of the Kongo, a duplicate costume was used. As a result, Republic's last female lead wore the same costume as its first.
Stunts
Special Effects
Special effects created by the Lydecker brothers.
Theatrical
Panther Girl of the Kongo's official release date is January 3, 1955, although this is actually the date the sixth chapter was made available to film exchanges.
This was followed by a re-release of Jesse James Rides Again instead of a new serial. The last new serial, King of the Carnival, followed in the summer.
Television
Panther Girl of the Kongo was one of twenty-six Republic serials re-released as a film on television in 1966. The title of the film was changed to The Claw Monsters. This version was cut down to 100-minutes in length.
Critical reception
Cline believes that the greatest problem that faced the writers was how to lead the heroine from one piece of stock footage to the next.
Chapter titles
- The Claw Monster (20min)
- Jungle Ambush (13min 20s)
- The Killer Beast (13min 20s)
- Sands of Doom (13min 20s)
- Test of Terror (13min 20s)
- High Peril (13min 20s)
- Timber Trap/Double Trap (Double Trap is the title shown on screen in chapter 7 and at the end of chapter 6) (13min 20s)
- Crater of Flame (13min 20s)
- River of Death (13min 20s)
- Blasted Evidence (13min 20s) - a re-cap chapter
- Double Danger (13min 20s)
- House of Doom (13min 20s)
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References
Panther Girl of the Kongo WikipediaPanther Girl of the Kongo IMDb Panther Girl of the Kongo themoviedb.org