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Safari Drums

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Safari Drums
Directed byFord Beebe
Written byFord Beebe
Produced byFord Beebe
StarringJohnny Sheffield
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byWalter Hannemann
Music byMarlin Skiles
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists
Release date
  • June 21, 1953 (1953-06-21)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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,[1] based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.

Plot

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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

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Reception

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The Los Angeles Times called this "one of the most exciting jungle pictures you have ever seen."[2]

References

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  1. ^ "BOMBA AND THE SAFARI DRUMS". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 21. 1954. p. 55. ProQuest 1305823132.
  2. ^ G, K. (Jun 22, 1953). "JUNGLE FILM DRAMA FAMILIAR BUT EXCITING". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 166493737.
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