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Bomba the Jungle Boy number 10:
Prince Ali (Paul Guilfoyle) hires hunter Hawkins (Lane Bradford) to
retrieve a certain Golden Idol from Bomba (Johnny Sheffield), who has
stolen the idol from him after Ali has stolen it from a native chieftain
and even killed him for it. Interestingly enough, Prince Ali wants to hand
the idol over to commissioner Barnes (Leonard Mudie), a close friend of
Bomba's, for a handsome reward. But before that can happen, Bomba meets up
with Barnes and archeologist Karen (Anne Kimbell) and promises to hand the
idol over to them - which is when Hawkins and his men pretend to side with
Bomba, Barnes, Karen and friends, and pretend to guard them from Prince
Ali and his people - and everybody, even Bomba, whose life Hawkins has
saved when he fought a lion, trust Hawkins almost on the spot, and soon
enough, Bomba is off to fetch the idol ... when Ali's men stop him cold
and capture him, which pretty much ruins the plans of Hawkins, and
suddenly he has to show his true colours, if only not to let Bomba
fall into Ali's hands for good and lose his share of the loot.
Ali plans to torture Bomba, but Hawkins quickly realizes that Bomba is
too tough and tortures Karen instead until Bomba gives in and agrees to
fetch the idol - but two of Ali's guards accompany him, and his friends
stay behind, all tied up, as hostages. However, Bomba's chimp frees
Bomba's friends and Bomba himself quickly overcomes his companions and
sends out a message to the authorities via jungle drums.
It all culminates in a shootout between Hawkins' and Ali's men on one
side and Bomba's friends on the other that is only resolved when the
police arrives to arrest the baddies. Bomba meanwhile has taken care of
Ali and Hawkins, who were approaching the whole thing by boat, but when
Bomba tossed it over, Ali was dragged underwater by a giant snake while
Bomba gave Hawkins a sound beating.
This film also includes a chase sequence previously seen in the Bomba
film The Hidden City from 1950
and footage of quite an impressive fight between a boar and a tiger - and
the movie even points out that none of these animals is native to Africa
and they were both imported.
Ok jungle adventure from the cheap end of the genre, nothing great
maybe, but well-paced, quite suspenseful and pretty entertaining all the
same.
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