A fieId fulI of diamonds drives men to murder in this action-packed serial thrilIer starring screen legend Boris Karloff.
After being falsely accused and imprisoned in lndia for the death of a powerfuI Rajah, American adventurer Richard Grant escapes and flees to Africa. In the jungIes 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 voIcanic cave, Tom was kidnapped by ruthIess, big game hunter Harris and his eviI Arab accompIice, Mustapha. Harris happens to be the one man who can clear 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 peril 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 would shoot to stardom as the monster in James Whale's classic horror fiIm, Frankenstein. Director B. Reeves Eason was a master of action seriaIs, thriIling American audiences with Vanishing Legion (1931), Phantom Empire (1935), MiracIe Rider (1935), Darkest Africa (1936) and many others. |