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1955 American film

Lord of the Jungle
Directed by	Ford Beebe
Written by	Ford Beebe
Based on	Based upon characters created by Roy Rockwood in the "Bomba Books"
Produced by	Ford Beebe
Starring	Johnny Sheffield Wayne Morris Paul Picerni Nancy Hale Bill Phipps
Cinematography	Harry Neumann, A.S.C.
Edited by	Lester A. Sansom (supervising film editor) Neil Brunnenkant
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation
Release date	June 12, 1955 (1955-06-12)
Running time	69 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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, which were based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was also Sheffield's final film. He died in 2010.

Plot

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

Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
Wayne Morris as Jeff Wood
Nancy Hale as Mona Andrews
Paul Picerni as Paul Gavin
Bill Phipps as Kenny Balou
Leonard Mudie as Commissioner Andy Barnes
Smoki Whitfield as Eli
James Adamson as Elisha

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

References

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

External links

Lord of the Jungle at IMDb
Lord of the Jungle at the TCM Movie Database

v t e Films directed by Ford Beebe
The Vanishing Legion (1931) The Pride of the Legion (1932) Law Beyond the Range (1935) The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935) The Man from Guntown (1935) Stampede (1936) Jungle Jim (1937) West Bound Limited (1937) Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938) The Phantom Creeps (1939) Oklahoma Frontier (1939) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940) The Green Hornet (1940) Son of Roaring Dan (1940) The Masked Rider (1941) Night Monster (1942) Frontier Badmen (1943) Enter Arsène Lupin (1944) The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) Easy to Look At (1945) My Dog Shep (1946) Six-Gun Serenade (1947) Courtin' Trouble (1948) Shep Comes Home (1948) Texas Manhunt (1949) Satan's Cradle (1949) The Dalton Gang (1949) Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) Bomba on Panther Island (1949) The Lost Volcano (1950) The Hidden City (1951) The Lion Hunters (1951) Elephant Stampede (1952) African Treasure (1952) Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) Safari Drums (1953) The Golden Idol (1954) Killer Leopard (1954) Lord of the Jungle (1955)

Films directed by Ford Beebe

The Vanishing Legion (1931)
The Pride of the Legion (1932)
Law Beyond the Range (1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
The Man from Guntown (1935)
Stampede (1936)
Jungle Jim (1937)
West Bound Limited (1937)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
The Green Hornet (1940)
Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
The Masked Rider (1941)
Night Monster (1942)
Frontier Badmen (1943)
Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Easy to Look At (1945)
My Dog Shep (1946)
Six-Gun Serenade (1947)
Courtin' Trouble (1948)
Shep Comes Home (1948)
Texas Manhunt (1949)
Satan's Cradle (1949)
The Dalton Gang (1949)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)
Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
The Lost Volcano (1950)
The Hidden City (1951)
The Lion Hunters (1951)
Elephant Stampede (1952)
African Treasure (1952)
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952)
Safari Drums (1953)
The Golden Idol (1954)
Killer Leopard (1954)
Lord of the Jungle (1955)

v t e Bomba, the Jungle Boy by Roy Rockwood
Films	Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949) Bomba on Panther Island (1949) The Lost Volcano (1950) The Hidden City (1951) The Lion Hunters (1951) Elephant Stampede (1952) African Treasure (1952) Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952) Safari Drums (1953) The Golden Idol (1954) Killer Leopard (1954) Lord of the Jungle (1955)

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