Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)
Directed by Ford Beebe / Jack W. de Witt / Ford I. Beebe
Genres - Action, Adventure, Drama |
Sub-Genres - Jungle Film |
Release Date - Mar 20, 1949 (USA - Unknown), Mar 20, 1949 (USA) |
Run Time - 70 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Inspired by the adventure-book series by Roy Rockwood, Monogram's Bomba the Jungle Boy was the first of a series of twelve "Bomba" pictures. Johnny Sheffield, formerly "Boy" in the Tarzan pictures, stars as Bomba. Another former child performer, Peggy Ann Garner, co-stars as Pat Harland, who with her father George (Onslow Stevens) has arrived in Africa on a photographic expedition. Bomba ends up rescuing Pat from a wide variety of jungle villains. Much of the film is built around stock footage from a 1930 documentary, Africa Speaks. Economically produced, Bomba the Jungle Boy proved a profitable beginning for one of Monogram's most successful series.
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animal, daughter, disease, encounter, fire, help, how-to, journey, jungle, lost, meeting, plague, safari, survivor