African Treasure

May 6, 1952

1h 10m

★ 6.7

Jungle drums echo the dangers of ruthless fortune seekers!

Overview

Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers.

Genres

Adventure

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

African Treasure Trailers

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Cast

Bomba

Johnny Sheffield

Lita Sebastian

Laurette Luez

Andy Barnes

Leonard Mudie

Greg

Arthur Space

Hardy

Lane Bradford

Pedro Sebastian

Martín Garralaga

Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy

Lyle Talbot

Eli

Smoki Whitfield

Mailman (uncredited)

Woody Strode

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