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Adventure

Bomba, the Jungle Boy

- HE ALONE KNEW THE JUNGLE'S SECRET...ITS SAVAGE DANGERS!

George Harland and his daughter Pat are photographers who discover a wild boy in the jungle. When Pat becomes lost, Bomba brings her back, overcoming plagues of locusts, forest fires and fierce wild animals.

Release Date : 1949-03-20

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Monogram Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Johnny Sheffield

Character Name : Bomba

Original Name : Johnny Sheffield

Gender : Male

Peggy Ann Garner

Character Name : Patricia 'Pat' Harland

Original Name : Peggy Ann Garner

Gender : Female

Onslow Stevens

Character Name : George Harland

Original Name : Onslow Stevens

Gender : Male

Charles Irwin

Character Name : Andy Barnes

Original Name : Charles Irwin

Gender : Male

Smoki Whitfield

Character Name : Eli

Original Name : Smoki Whitfield

Gender : Male

Martin Wilkins

Character Name : Mufti

Original Name : Martin Wilkins

Gender : Male

Blue Washington

Character Name : Native Bearer (uncredited)

Original Name : Blue Washington

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-12-11

Intrepid explorers "George" (Onslow Stevens) and his feisty daughter "Patricia" (Peggy Ann Garner) are traipsing through the jungle taking photos when they espy something unexpected in their lenses. It's a boy! Clad in a loincloth and doing his own yodel-free "Tarzan" impersonation, they meet "Bomba" (Johnny Sheffield). He proves really quite useful to the pair when she manages to wander off and get herself lost and in deftly rescuing her, a friendship blossoms that happens to coincide with some shenanigans in the local village. As the young woman starts to take a shine to her new, fresh-faced, friend she regales him with tales of the city - but can he be tantalised or is he perfectly happy where he is? I found Sheffield to be an engaging performer in these jungle adventures that inject just a soupçon of moralising into a pretty straightforward adventure story that involves some lively stock-footage and just an hint of romance. It's maybe fifteen minutes too long, but it's still quite an amiable film that's of it's time, is quite watchable and tells us to beware of those marauding locusts!