Bomba and the Hidden City

Bomba and the Hidden City
Directed by	Ford Beebe
Screenplay by	Carroll Young
Based on	characters created by Roy Rockwood
Produced by	Walter Mirisch
Starring	Johnny Sheffield Sue England
Cinematography	William A. Sickner (as William Sickner)
Edited by	Roy A. Livingston (as Roy Livingston)
Music by	Ozzie Caswell
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	September 24, 1950 (1950-09-24)
Running time	71 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Bomba and the Hidden City is a 1950 American adventure film based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was the fourth film in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series. ^[1]

Plot

A photographer and his guide meet a corrupt Emir with a dirty secret. Only Bomba knows the truth and the Emir wants him silenced. Bomba defeats the Emir and his henchmen, returning a lost princess to her throne.

Cast

• Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
• Sue England as Zidah
• Paul Guilfoyle as Hassan
• Damian O'Flynn as Dennis Johnson
• Leon Belasco as Raschid
• Charles La Torre as Abdullah
• Smoki Whitfield as Hadji

Reception

Controversy

The movie portrays an Arab man as tyrannical and violent, and another as an enslaver. It also portrays Arab women as submissive and sexually available maidens. For these reasons, media scholar Jack G. Shaheen critiqued the movie as anti-Arab. ^[2]

References

1. "Bomba and the Hidden City". Monthly Film Bulletin. 18 (204). London: 346. 1 January 1951. ProQuest   1305819908.
2. Shaheen, Jack G. (2001). Reel Bad Arabs. Northampton, MA: Olive Branch Press. pp. 109. ISBN 1-56656-388-7.

External links

• Bomba and the Hidden City at IMDb
• The Hidden City at TCMDB