Safari Drums

Safari Drums is a 1953 American adventure film and starring Johnny Sheffield as Bomba. It was the ninth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.

Plot

A millionaire brings a tiger and film crew to Africa in hopes of staging a battle between the tiger and a lion. Commissioner Barnes learns that one of the crew is a murderer and asks Bomba to find out which one. The Lost Volcano erupts again (this film makes use of previously seen footage) and there is a battle between a lion and a tiger.

Cast

• Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
• Douglas Kennedy Brad Morton
• Barbara Bestar as Peggy Jethro
• Emory Parnell as Larry Conrad
• Paul Marion as Steve
• Leonard Mudie as Deputy Commissioner Barnes
• Smoki Whitfield as Eli
• Russ Conway as Collins

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called this "one of the most exciting jungle pictures you have ever seen."

References

External links

• Safari Drums at IMDb
• Safari Drums at the TCM Movie Database
• Safari Drums at AllMovie
• Safari Drums at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films