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10 July 1953 (Finland)
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BARBARIC THRILLS IN HUNT FOR "DIAMOND MOUNTAIN"! See more »
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Against stock footage of lions, elephants and wildebeasts, Bomba the Jungle Boy captures a pair of nefarious diamond smugglers. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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Baldwin Lake doubles for Africa as Bomba No. 7 plods along in stock footage.
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Johnny Sheffield | ... | Bomba |
| Laurette Luez | ... | Lita Sebastian |
| Leonard Mudie | ... | Andy Barnes |
| Arthur Space | ... | Greg |
| Lane Bradford | ... | Hardy |
| Martin Garralaga | ... | Pedro Sebastian |
 | Lyle Talbot | ... | Roy DeHaven, alias Pat Gilroy |
| Smoki Whitfield | ... | Eli (as Robert 'Smoki' Whitfield) |
| Kimbbo the Chimp | ... | Bomba's Chimp |
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| James Adamson | ... | Tolu (uncredited) |
| Sugarfoot Anderson | ... | Native Slave (uncredited) |
| Wesley Bly | ... | Timid Native (uncredited) |
| Woody Strode | ... | Mailman (uncredited) |
| Jack Williams | ... | Drummer (uncredited) |
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| Ford Beebe | |||
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| Ford Beebe | screenplay | |
| Ford Beebe | story | |
| Roy Rockwood | based upon his "Bomba Books" | |
Produced by | |||
| Walter Mirisch | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Raoul Kraushaar | |||
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| Harry Neumann | (photographed by) | ||
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| Bruce Schoengarth | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Martin Obzina | |||
Production Management | |||
| Allen K. Wood | .... | production supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Edward Morey Jr. | .... | assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Robert Priestley | .... | set dressings | |
Sound Department | |||
| Charles Cooper | .... | sound | |
Music Department | |||
| Raoul Kraushaar | .... | conductor (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Lester A. Sansom | .... | research supervisor | |
| Ilona Vas | .... | set continuity | |
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- Monogram Pictures (1952) (USA) (theatrical)
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Followed by Lord of the Jungle (1955)See more »
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Andy Barnes (Leonard Mudie) gets word by short wave that two of the three geologists who passed through his district some weeks before were known diamond smugglers, and that nothing since has been heard of the trio. And he also learns that a hunter, Pat Gilroy (Lyle Talbot), who has just arrived at the compound is really an escaped convict named Roy DeHaven.
Obviously, time to call in Bomba the Jungle Boy (Johnny Sheffield). He is summoned via the jungle drum wireless-telegraph, and Barnes asks Bomba to go to the cheesy back lot set and try to locate Gatesby, the geologist who was with Greg (Arthur Space) and Hardy (Lane Bradford.)Bomba finds the body of Gatesby but...lucky him and the viewer---he also finds Lita Sebastian (Laurette Luez), who is out in the jungle looking for her father, Pedro (Martin Garralaga),a Portuguese guide, and the cheesy jungle set now looks better than it did.
Through the help of jungle drums and his animal friends, all stock footage except Kimbbo the Chimp, Bomba leads Lita to where her father, and a large number of natives, are being held as slaves by Greg and Hardy, who have found diamonds in the crater of an extinct volcano, known locally as The Mountain of Diamonds. Lita is captured by Greg, but Bomba has summoned help and Gerg and Hardy flee but not without first staring a landslide on the enslaved workers.
Bomba has a lot of work to do before he can restore order to this jungle.