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The King of the Kongo
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The King of the Kongo 1929 Directed by Richard Thorpe

With Sound! Music! And Dialogue!

A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Action , Adventure
Production Company Mascot Pictures
Budget $40,000
Release Date 29 August 1929
189 mins
Cast
Jacqueline Logan
Jacqueline Logan Diana Martin
Walter Miller
Walter Miller Larry Trent
Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker Chief of the Secret Service
Boris Karloff
Boris Karloff Scarface Macklin
Larry Steers
Larry Steers Jack Drake
Harry Todd
Harry Todd Commodore
Richard Neill
Richard Neill Tom Trent
Lafe McKee
Lafe McKee Trader John
J.P. Lockney
J.P. Lockney Father Ricardo
William P. Burt
William P. Burt Mooney
J. Gordon Russell
J. Gordon Russell Derelict
Robert Frazier
Robert Frazier Dakka
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo Gorilla
Crew
Director
Richard Thorpe
Richard Thorpe
Writers
Wyndham Gittens
Wyndham Gittens
Harry Sinclair Drago
Harry Sinclair Drago
Producer
Nat Levine
Nat Levine
Cinematography
Ernest Laszlo
Ernest Laszlo
Ray Ries
Ray Ries
Stunts
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo
Yakima Canutt
Yakima Canutt