The King of the Kongo
With Sound! Music! And Dialogue!
1929 · 3h 9m · N/A
Action, Adventure
Directed by
Richard Thorpe
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Richard Thorpe Director
- Jacqueline Logan as Diana Martin
- Walter Miller as Larry Trent
- Richard Tucker as Chief of the Secret Service
- Boris Karloff as Scarface Macklin
- Larry Steers as Jack Drake
- Harry Todd as Commodore
- Richard Neill as Tom Trent
- Lafe McKee as Trader John
- J.P. Lockney as Father Ricardo
- William P. Burt as Mooney
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