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{{Short description|1948 film by Thomas Carr, Spencer Gordon Bennet}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Congo Bill
| image          = CongoBillSerial.JPG
| caption        = Original poster for ''Congo Bill''
| director       = [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]]<br />[[Thomas Carr (director)|Thomas Carr]]
| producer       = 
| writer         = [[George H. Plympton]]<br />	[[Arthur Hoerl]]<br />Lewis Clay
| based_on       = {{based on|[[Congorilla]]||[[Whitney Ellsworth]]|[[George Papp]]}}
| starring       = [[Don McGuire (actor)|Don McGuire]]<br />[[Cleo Moore]]<br />[[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]]<br />[[I. Stanford Jolley]]<br />[[Leonard Penn]]<br />[[Nelson Leigh]]
| narrator       = 
| music          = 
| cinematography = 
| editing        = 
| distributor    = [[Columbia Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|1948|10|28}}
| runtime        = 15 chapters
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
 
}}
'''''Congo Bill''''' (1948) is a [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] [[Serial (film)|movie serial]] based on the [[DC Comics]] character [[Congorilla|Congo Bill]], later named Congorilla.

==Plot==
A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Her family engages Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about a mysterious White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive...

==Cast==
* [[Don McGuire (actor)|Don McGuire]] as [[Congorilla|Congo Bill]], famed [[Great White Hunter|hunter]] and [[animal trainer]]
* [[Cleo Moore]] as Queen Lureen / Ruth Culver, white ruler of a forbidden valley in Africa and the missing [[Beneficiary|heiress]] to the Culver fortune
* [[Jack Ingram (actor)|Jack Ingram]] as Cameron, mysterious trader
* [[I. Stanford Jolley]] as Bernie McGraw, villainous trustee of the Culver fortune
* [[Leonard Penn]] as Andre Bocar, owner of the seedy African bar The Green Parrot Inn, in Bernie McGraw's pay and working for his own ends
* [[Nelson Leigh]] as Dr Greenway
* [[Charles King (character actor)|Charles King]] as Kleeg, employee of Andre Bocar in The Green Parrot Inn
* [[Armida Vendrell]] as Zalea
* [[Hugh Prosser]] as Morelli
* [[Neyle Morrow]] as Kahla
* [[Fred Graham (actor)|Fred Graham]] as Villabo
* [[Rusty Wescoatt]] as Ivan
* [[Anthony Warde]] as Rogan
* Stephen Carr as Tom McGraw, murdered brother of Bernie McGraw and trustee of the Culver fortune
* [[William Fawcett (actor)|William Fawcett]] as Blinky
* [[Knox Manning]] as Narrator
* [[Frank O'Connor (director)|Frank O'Connor]] as Frank, cafe clerk
* [[Eddie Parker (actor)|Eddie Parker]] as torturer
* [[Stanley Price]] as Nagu's friend

==Crew==
* Directors: [[Thomas Carr (director)|Thomas Carr]], [[Spencer Gordon Bennet]]
* Producer: [[Sam Katzman]]
* Cinematographer: [[Ira Morgan]]
* Art Director: [[Paul Palmentola]]
* Editors: [[Earl Turner (film editor)|Earl Turner]], [[Dwight Caldwell]]
* Sound mixer: Josh Westmoreland

==Chapter titles==
# The Untamed Beast
# Jungle Gold
# A Hot Reception
# Congo Bill Springs a Trap
# White Shadows in the Jungle
# The White Queen
# Black Panther
# Sinister Schemes
# The Witch Doctor Strikes
# Trail of Treachery
# A Desperate Chance
# The Lair of the Beast
# Menace of the Jungle
# Treasure Trap
# The Missing Letter
<sub>Source:</sub><ref>{{cite book
 | last = Cline
 | first = William C.
 | title = In the Nick of Time
 | url = https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin
 | url-access = registration
 | year = 1984
 | publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
 | isbn = 0-7864-0471-X
 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/innickoftimemot00clin/page/248 248]
 | chapter = Filmography
}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of film serials]] by year
* [[List of film serials by studio]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0040243|title=Congo Bill}}
* {{AllMovie title|138377|Congo Bill}}

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{{succession box
| title=[[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] [[Serial film|Serial]]
| before=''[[Superman (serial)|Superman]]'' (1948)
| years='''''Congo Bill ''(1948)'''
| after=''[[Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies|Bruce Gentry]]'' (1949)}}
{{end}}
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[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
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[[Category:Films directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet]]
[[Category:Films directed by Thomas Carr]]
[[Category:American adventure films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by George H. Plympton]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]
[[Category:Superhero film serials]]
[[Category:Films based on DC Comics]]
[[Category:English-language action films]]
[[Category:Films produced by Sam Katzman]]
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