''Safari Drums'' is a 1953 American

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and starring

Johnny Sheffield Johnny Sheffield (born John Matthew Sheffield Cassan, April 11, 1931 – October 15, 2010) was an American child actor who, between 1939 and 1947, portrayed Boy in the Tarzan film series and, between 1949 and 1955, played Bomba the Jungle Boy. ...

as Bomba. It was the ninth in the 12-film ''

Bomba, the Jungle Boy ''Bomba the Jungle Boy'' is a series of American boys' adventure books produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate under the pseudonym Roy Rockwood. and published by Cupples and Leon in the first half of the 20th century, in imitation of the successful ...

'' series.

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

as Bomba * Douglas Kennedy Brad Morton * Barbara Bestar as Peggy Jethro *

Emory Parnell Emory Parnell (December 29, 1892 – June 22, 1979) was an American vaudeville performer and actor who appeared in over 250 films in his 36-year career. Early years Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Parnell trained as a musician at Morningside ...

as Larry Conrad * Paul Marion as Steve * Leonard Mudie as Deputy Commissioner Barnes * Smoki Whitfield as Eli *

Russ Conway Russ Conway, DSM (born Trevor Herbert Stanford; 2 September 1925 – 16 November 2000) was an English popular music pianist and composer. Conway had 20 piano instrumentals in the UK Singles Chart between 1957 and 1963, including two numbe ...

as Collins

Reception

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

References

External links

* * 1953 films American adventure films Films directed by Ford Beebe 1953 adventure films Allied Artists films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{adventure-film-stub