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Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)

Bomba, the Jungle Boy poster
Directed by
Ford Beebe
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 10m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy named Bomba lives in the jungle and has adventures. He encounters wild animals and helps people he meets.

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What happens

Bomba, the Jungle Boy is a 1949 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe, based on the first of the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. It was the first in a 12-film series featuring Bomba, a sort of teenage Tarzan, played by Johnny Sheffield, who as a child had played "Boy" in several previous Tarzan films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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