Secret Service in Darkest Africa
Secret Service in Darkest Africa 1943 is a Republic movie serial. It was Republics thirtieth serial, of the sixtysix produced by the studio.
In an attempt to control the entire Middle East and defeat the Allies, Nazi agent Baron von Rommler Lionel Royce captures and impersonates Sultan Abou Ben Ali also Lionel Royce, leader of all the Arabs. Opposed to him is Secret Service Agent Rex Bennett Rod Cameron, along with British reporter Janet Blake Joan Marsh and Chief of Police Captain Pierre LaSalle Duncan Renaldo.Filming on Secret Service in Darkest Africa took place betweenApril andMay 1943. The production budget was 174,536 but the negative cost rose to 210,033 35,497, or 20.3, overbudget compared to a studio average of 8,199, or 5.7, over all its serial production. Not only did this make the serial the most expensive of 1943 it was also the third most expensive and third most over budget of all the sixtysix serials Republic produced. The only serials that were more expensive were The Lone Ranger Rides Again 1939, 213,997 and Captain America 1944, 222,906. While Captain America was also the most overbudget by 40,283 or 22.1, the second most overbudget Republic serial was another 1944 serial, Haunted Harbor by 37,757 or 22.2. ........
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