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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