Episode
Jonny Quest: The Devil's Tower
Overview
While doing atmospheric research in the African savanna, Dr. Quest uncovers an inaccessibly high plateau, populated by prehistoric cavemen, who have been trained as slave laborers for diamond mining by Klaus Heinrich von Dueffel, a Nazi war criminal in hiding.
Details
- Series
- Jonny Quest
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 1965-02-04
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Devil's Tower is Episode 21 in Season 1 of Jonny Quest. It aired on 1965-02-04. The runtime is 25 min.
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Episode 24: Terror Island
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