THE LION MEN OF TANGANYIKA (Chapter 1)
unsold television pilot (1949)

screenshots / Kimbar of the Jungle (unsold pilot) / 1949 Preference Productions

Professional bodybuilder Steve Reeves starred in the title role of this proposed series set in Africa and styled after the popular cliffhanger serials shown in theaters.

Steve Reeves would later find fame and stardom when he was cast as Hercules in the 1958 film of the same name.

Filmed in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles County, California.