The best Buster Crabbe’s adventure movies

Buster Crabbe

Buster Crabbe

07/02/1908- 23/04/1983
We present our ranking of the best Buster Crabbe’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Buster Crabbe.

Swamp Fire

Swamp Fire
5.4/10
Highlights in this one include a fist-fight between Johnny Weissmuller and Buster Crabbe (I won't give away the winner, but check the cast order); a cat-fight between Virginia Grey and Carol Thurston that the male cast of Sienfeld would pay to see and, just to keep things moving, Weissmuller wrestles an alligator, and there are two mid-water collisions between small-craft boats, a big ship wreck and a blazing swamp fire finale. Toss in a plot that has Weissmuller as a psycho-neurotic war veteran who, because he piled up his Navy destroyer on the rocks, now dreads returning to his pre-war occupation of a pilot guiding ships through the channels at the mouth of the Mississippi. Throw in icy Virginia Grey as a spoiled heiress out to take Johnny away from his job, his friends and the girl he loves (who knows why), and you have enough plot and action for two Pine-Thomas jewels.

Tarzan the Fearless

Tarzan the Fearless
4.8/10
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Zar, god of the Emerald Fingers." Tarzan helps Mary locate her father, rescues everyone from the High Priest of Zar, and takes Mary to his cave.

Caged Fury

Caged Fury
5.6/10
Big cats are killing people... after being trained by a twisted lion tamer.

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
6.9/10
A 15-episode serial starring Buster Crabbe.

Nabonga

Nabonga
4.2/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 25/01/1944
  • Character: Ray Gorman
When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and with a gorilla protector.

Rocket Ship

Rocket Ship
6.6/10
Feature version of the 1936 movie serial of the same name, with altered music scoring, released outside the USA only until 1950. Also, it was only shown abroad under the serial's title; it was re-named Rocket Ship for the US release.

Jungle Man

Jungle Man
3.6/10
  • Genre: ActionAdventure
  • Release: 19/09/1941
  • Character: Dr. Robert Hammond, aka Junga
An expedition sets out to darkest Africa to find the fabled City of the Dead, and must battle thick jungle, hostile natives, wild animals and a deadly epidemic.

King of the Jungle

King of the Jungle
6.3/10
A white youth who is raised in the jungle by the animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland
5.7/10
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold prospectors. Years later, he meets his wife and her gold-prospecting father as they have come there seeking their fortune, and not knowing the danger of the treacherous desert wastes, the poisoned-water holes and the outlaw bands of marauders who roam the desert in search of the gold found by others. He comes to their aid and, eventually, manges to clear his name of the false charge against him.

The Sea Hound

The Sea Hound
7.7/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 04/09/1947
  • Character: Capt. Silver
Columbia's 34th serial production starring Buster Crabbe, the Serial King himself

The Kid Rides Again

The Kid Rides Again
6/10
Billy the Kid has been wrongfully arrested for robbing a train. In order to prove his innocence, the Kid breaks out of jail and hits the trail to search for the real robbers. Along the way, he discovers that an outlaw band has been impersonating upstanding ranchers.

The Oil Raider

The Oil Raider
5.3/10
"Wildcatter" Dave Warren and his crew are trying to bring in a new oil well. Dave gives troublemaker Simmons a good thrashing and orders him off the site. In order to complete drilling Dave borrows $50,000 from investment banker J. T. Varley and also begins a romance with Varley's daughter Alice. Varley suffers market reverses and knowing that Dave is about to strike oil hires Simmons to wreck the rig so he can foreclose and take over.

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