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Lord of the Jungle (film)

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Lord of the Jungle
Directed byFord Beebe
Written byFord Beebe
Based onBased upon characters created by Roy Rockwood in the "Bomba Books"
Produced byFord Beebe
StarringJohnny Sheffield
Wayne Morris
Paul Picerni
Nancy Hale
Bill Phipps
CinematographyHarry Neumann, A.S.C.
Edited byLester A. Sansom
(supervising film editor)
Neil Brunnenkant
Music byMarlin Skiles
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date
  • June 12, 1955 (1955-06-12)
Running time
69 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

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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

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Uncredited (in order of appearance)
Joel Fluellen Molu
Juanita Moore Molu's wife
Harry Lauter pilot

References

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  1. ^ "LORD OF THE JUNGLE (Allied Artists-A.B. Pathe)". Picture Show. 65 (1708). London: 10. 24 December 1955. ProQuest 1879635996.
  2. ^ http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26820/Lord-of-the-Jungle/articles.html [bare URL]
  3. ^ "Actor who played Tarzan's Boy dies at 79". USA Today. Associated Press. October 19, 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
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