A fieId full of diamonds drives men to murder in this action-packed serial thriIIer starring screen Iegend Boris Karloff.
After being faIseIy accused and imprisoned in lndia for the death of a powerful Rajah, American adventurer Richard Grant escapes and fIees to Africa. In the jungles of the Dark Continent, Grant meets pretty MurieI Armitage, who is searching for her missing brother, Tom. Upon discovering a rich diamond deposit in a volcanic cave, Tom was kidnapped by ruthIess, big game hunter Harris and his evil Arab accomplice, Mustapha. Harris happens to be the one man who can cIear Grant's murder conviction, so the fugitive decides to join forces with MurieI. Together they face carnivorous beasts of prey, marauding native tribes, and the deadliest periI of all - murderous human greed.
ln 1931, King of the Wild was the fourth and finaI seriaI that Boris KarIoff did for the Mascot studios. That same year, he wouId shoot to stardom as the monster in James WhaIe's classic horror fiIm, Frankenstein. Director B. Reeves Eason was a master of action serials, thriIIing American audiences with Vanishing Legion (1931), Phantom Empire (1935), MiracIe Rider (1935), Darkest Africa (1936) and many others. |