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Perils of Nyoka (1942)

Directed by William Witney

Overview

Professor Campbell’s expedition into the hills of Libya obtains a papyrus which might reveal the hiding place of the Golden Tablets of Hippocrates, containing lost medical secrets. Also in the region is intrepid Nyoka Gordon, still seeking her father, lost on a previous expedition. She alone can translate the papyrus, which directs our heroes through deadly perils (including the Tunnel of Bubbling Death) into the land of the Tuaregs. Opposing them are Vultura, Queen of the Desert, and her Arab ally Cassib, both greedy for the treasure…

Length 261 minutes

Actors

Charles Middleton | Robert Strange | Clayton Moore | George Pembroke | Tris Coffin | Lorna Gray | Kenne Duncan | Georges Renavent | Kay Aldridge | Iron Eyes Cody | Forbes Murray | Jay Silverheels | William Benedict