Bomba, the Jungle Boy

1949

1h 11m

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5.6/10

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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.

Directors

Ford Beebe

Writers

Roy Rockwood(book by)

Jack DeWitt(screenplay by)

Stars

Johnny Sheffield

Peggy Ann Garner

Onslow Stevens

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Johnny Sheffield

Bomba

Peggy Ann Garner

Patricia 'Pat' Harland

George Harland

Andy Barnes

Eli

Mufti

Native Bearer (uncredited)

Directors

Ford Beebe

Writers

Roy Rockwood(book by)

Jack DeWitt(screenplay by)

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6/10

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!

Geronimo196711 Dec, 2024