Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther while helping Judy Maitland and her brother Robert build an experimental farm.Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther while helping Judy Maitland and her brother Robert build an experimental farm.Bomba the Jungle Boy must stop a man-eating black panther while helping Judy Maitland and her brother Robert build an experimental farm.
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- TriviaThe same set seen here as the lagoon where Bomba and Judy go swimming would later be used as the principal locale for the classic TV series Gilligan's Island.
- GoofsWhen the buffalo and leopard fight, the audio is rather interesting, The buff does an impersonating of a mooing cow and the leopard produces a very convincing impression of a snarling dog.
- Quotes
Robert Maitland: Amazing. Thousand miles of jungle and you just happened along.
Bomba: Not happened. Bomba track panther. Black cat is killer.
Robert Maitland: Black panther. Do you suppose that could be the one that's been attacking my men?
Comm. Andy Barnes: It's possible. Woods are full of cats.
Bomba: Most cats kill for food. Panther kill just to kill. Must die.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Lost Volcano (1950)
As the story gets underway with view of the jungle and animal activities, Bomba's (Johnny Sheffield) pet monkey enters his home cave where the animal comes up with a 1939 diary belonging to a Cody Cassin where a page reveals what will happen to the boy he's raising after his death? With Bomba surviving the jungle environment over the years, this now teenage jungle boy starts off his day by going for a swim. His day of leisure is interrupted when he witnesses his pet monkey attacked and killed by a beastly panther at a distance. Bomba sets out after the killer beast later to discover this same panther has been responsible for other human attacks. Bomba soon assists Luke (Bill Walker), a native man attacked by the panther, over to the camp headed by Robert Maitland (Henry Lewis), a young architect assisted by his guides, Andy Barnes (Charles Irwin), and Eli (Smoki Whitfield), who happen to be Bomba's friends. Unable to get his native men to assist him with building a plantation, Maitland asks for Bomba's help. At first he declines, until Bomba meets up with Maitland's teenage sister, Judy (Allene Roberts), and her French speaking companion, Losona (Lita Baron), another girl her own age. While Bomba is more interested in Judy, Losona has her evil eye and affections on Bomba. As natives believe Bomba responsible for the superstitious curse regarding the killer panther, with intentions of killing him, Maitland also wants Bomba out of the way when he finds the jungle boy and Judy are spending too much time together. With Losona's chance in having Bomba all to herself. the killer panther continues to become a great danger to the surrounding area.
An average Bomba adventure with few high points during its slightly overlong 76 minutes. Allene Roberts, best known for her movie debut in THE RED HOUSE (1947) opposite Edward G,. Robinson, makes an attractive female companion for Bomba as Peggy Ann Garner did in the initial entry of BOMBA THE JUNGLE BOY. A pretty face that resembles a younger profile of actress Phyllis Thaxter, sadly Roberts, whose movie and television career were short-lived, never reached the top of the ranks as Teresa Wright or other sweet looking young actresses of the time. Aside from getting a dose of jungle life, Roberts has her swimming scenes with Bomba along with assisting him when danger lurks their way. Others in the supporting cast are far from top-marque names, but are satisfactory in their assigned roles. Other than being obviously filmed in a studio set, the movie features enough stock footage of African animals and their battle of survival for that African setting feel.
Other than its frequent television showings during the 1960s and 70s, BOMBA ON PANTHER ISLAND has become a welcome addition of jungle adventure added to Turner Classic Movies cable channel where this and others in the Bomba entries have been shown since 2011. Next installment: THE LOST VOLCANO (1950), hailed as one of the better entries in the series. (**)
- lugonian
- Jul 20, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1