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African Treasure

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6.9/10 • 8

1952-05-061h 10m

Adventure

Jungle drums echo the dangers of ruthless fortune seekers!

Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.

Directors
Ford Beebe

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  1. Johnny Sheffield

    Johnny Sheffield

    Bomba

  2. Laurette Luez

    Laurette Luez

    Lita Sebastian

  3. Leonard Mudie

    Leonard Mudie

    Andy Barnes

  4. Arthur Space

    Arthur Space

    Greg

  5. Lane Bradford

    Lane Bradford

    Hardy

  6. Martín Garralaga

    Martín Garralaga

    Pedro Sebastian

  7. Lyle Talbot

    Lyle Talbot

    Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy

  8. Smoki Whitfield

    Smoki Whitfield

    Eli

  9. Woody Strode

    Woody Strode

    Mailman (uncredited)

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CinemaSerf

Sep 9, 2022

5/10

I'm rather fond of Johnny Sheffield in these "Bomba meets..." films. Apart from reminding me of "Kurt" from "the Sound of Music" (1965) he remains quite a fun paragon of decency and simplicity in a jungle environment soon to be compromised/exploited/destroyed by anyone who comes along thinking they know best... In this little yarn, our hero gets caught up with some nasty diamond smugglers who are posing as scientists whilst killing and enslaving the natives as they search for the "Mountain of Diamonds". Of course it's filmed in California, and the animal scenes look very much like stock-shots; but the innocence of the hero and the charm of the story - and of Leonard Mudie as the world-weary Scot - made me smile. I found the slightly staccato style ("Me Tarzan, You Jane") style of dialogue from "Bomba" a bit unnecessary; his upbringing is rather given away by his ability to chat to his animal friends - oh, and his loincloth; but I still enjoyed watching this.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
treasuresmuggling (contraband)junglejungle boybomba