The Blonde Captive is a 1931 pre-Code film directed by Clinton Childs, Ralph P. King, Linus J. Wilson, and Paul Withington.

The film took previously released anthropological footage of native peoples in the Pacific and Australia, and added a sensationalized storyline.

Dr. Paul Withington of Harvard University and archaeologist Clinton Childs conduct an anthropological expedition to Australia.

Examining the faces of Aborigines, with flashbacks to an anthropology book, the documentary declares that it has found the people on earth most resembling mankind's ancestor, the Neanderthals.

Fifteen minutes of footage depicting the subplot of a shipwrecked white American woman married to an Aboriginal were added.

It compares the attractiveness of various Polynesian peoples with the "grotesque" cannibalistic Aboriginals who are obviously descended from Neanderthal ancestors, behave like monkeys and who practice "repulsively barbaric" customs.

Promoted as an educational film and advertised as "An Absolutely Authentic Amazing Adventure", the media reviews treated the movie as a documentary.

Stanley Porteus had gained permission for his expedition on the premise that he was making a film about Aboriginal life for educational purposes.

After the expedition returned to America, A. O. Neville, the Western Australian chief protector of Aborigines, became concerned about the film when Withington refused to reply to queries while Porteus gave confusing answers.