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The Lion Hunters (1951)

The Lion Hunters poster
Directed by
Ford Beebe
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young jungle boy protects his jungle home from hunters who want to capture wild animals. He tries to stop their plans.

light-heartedold-fashionedlow-energyformulaicinnocentpredictablewholesome

What happens

The Lion Hunters is a 1951 American low-budget adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield, Morris Ankrum, Ann Todd (in her final feature film), Douglas Kennedy and Woody Strode in his first credited role. It is the fifth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series produced by Monogram Pictures, based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dave Milton and Vin Taylor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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