Lord of the Jungle (film)

Lord of the Jungle
Directed by	Ford Beebe
Written by	Ford Beebe
Based on	Based upon characters created by Roy Rockwood in the "Bomba Books"
Produced by	Ford Beebe
Starring	Johnny Sheffield Wayne Morris Paul Picerni Nancy Hale Bill Phipps
Cinematography	Harry Neumann, A.S.C.
Edited by	Lester A. Sansom (supervising film editor) Neil Brunnenkant
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date	June 12, 1955 (1955-06-12)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Lord of the Jungle is a 1955 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield. It is the 12th and final film in the Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, ^{[1] [2]} which were based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was also Sheffield's final film. He died in 2010. ^[3]

Plot

Bomba must locate a rogue elephant before a stubborn group of government agents slaughter the entire herd. Surprisingly, Commissioner Barnes sides with the agents but his visiting niece helps Bomba. After surviving a stampede (while tied up), Bomba identifies the guilty elephant and rescues the herd.

Cast

• Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
• Wayne Morris as Jeff Wood
• Nancy Hale as Mona Andrews
• Paul Picerni as Paul Gavin
• Bill Phipps as Kenny Balou
• Leonard Mudie as Commissioner Andy Barnes
• Smoki Whitfield as Eli
• James Adamson as Elisha

Uncredited (in order of appearance)

Joel Fluellen	Molu
Juanita Moore	Molu's wife
Harry Lauter	pilot

References

1. "LORD OF THE JUNGLE (Allied Artists-A.B. Pathe)". Picture Show. 65 (1708). London: 10. 24 December 1955. ProQuest   1879635996.
2. "Lord of the Jungle". prod.tcm.com.
3. "Actor who played Tarzan's Boy dies at 79". USA Today. Associated Press. October 19, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2023.

External links

• Lord of the Jungle at IMDb
• Lord of the Jungle at the TCM Movie Database