Katanga (George Harris)

Character Analysis

Katanga (George Harris) is the captain of the Bantu Wind, the ship that takes Indy and Marion out of Cairo. We're not sure about him initially, but he eventually proves to be another good friend to Indy. "Jones is dead," he lies to the Germans in an effort to keep both of his passengers safe. "I killed him." He even looks them right in the eye while he does it, the smooth bastard. It doesn't work, but it does buy Indy some key distraction time.

His true-blue qualities make a nice bookend for Satipo and Barranca, the thoroughly untrustworthy yo-yos whom Indy partners with in the opening scenes. We may be a little worried about Katanga, but Indy's clearly choosing better company by the end.