---
title: 'The King of the Kongo (1929)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Richard Thorpe'
released: '1929-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-king-of-the-kongo-1929'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020059/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The King of the Kongo (1929)

1929 · Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

The King of the Kongo (1929) is a Mascot film serial, and was the first serial to have sound, although only partial sound rather than the later "All-Talking" productions with complete sound. The first episode was a "three reeler" with the remaining nine episodes being "two reelers".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Richard Thorpe](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-thorpe)
- **Screenplay:** [Wyndham Gittens](https://cinepixo.com/people/wyndham-gittens)
- **Producer:** [Nat Levine](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-levine)
- **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Laszlo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-laszlo)

## Cast

- [Boris Karloff](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-karloff)
- [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker)
- [Jacqueline Logan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jacqueline-logan)
- [Lafe McKee](https://cinepixo.com/people/lafe-mckee)
- [Harry Todd](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-todd)
- [J. P. Lockney](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-p-lockney)
- [Walter M. Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-m-miller)
- [Richard Tucker](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-tucker-2)

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