Elephant Stampede

Elephant Stampede
Original film poster
Directed byFord Beebe
Written byFord Beebe
Based onRoy Rockwood characters
Produced byWalter Mirisch
StarringJohnny Sheffield
Donna Martell
Edith Evanson
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byWilliam Austin
Music byRaoul Kraushaar
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • October 21, 1951 (1951-10-21)
Running time
71 mins
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Elephant Stampede is a 1951 American adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield, Donna Martell and Edith Evanson. It was the sixth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series,[1] based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.The film's sets were designed by the art director, Vin Taylor.

A new Commissioner Barnes shows up and he appears in all of the adventures which follow.

Plot

A school teacher has the locals learning to read. Her beautiful assistant is teaching Bomba, when two ivory poachers arrive in the village and try to force Bomba to lead them to a hidden cache of ivory. Bomba calls on his elephant friends to deal out the fitting finish.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in Arcadia, California, in the botanical garden now known as the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Wald And Krasna To Do 'Years Ago'". The New York Times. September 4, 1950. ProQuest 111744456(subscription required).
    - "Bomba And The Elephant Stampede". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 19. 1952. p. 78. ProQuest 1305815212(subscription required).
  2. ^ Smith, Richard Harland. "Elephant Stampede (1951)". TCM.


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