Safari Drums

Safari Drums is a 1953 American adventure film and starring Johnny Sheffield as Bomba. It was the ninth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series, based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books.

Plot
A millionaire brings a tiger and film crew to Africa in hopes of staging a battle between the tiger and a lion. Commissioner Barnes learns that one of the crew is a murderer and asks Bomba to find out which one. The Lost Volcano erupts again (this film makes use of previously seen footage) and there is a battle between a lion and a tiger.

Cast

 * Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
 * Douglas Kennedy Brad Morton
 * Barbara Bestar as Peggy Jethro
 * Emory Parnell as Larry Conrad
 * Paul Marion as Steve
 * Leonard Mudie as Deputy Commissioner Barnes
 * Smoki Whitfield as Eli
 * Russ Conway as Collins

Reception
The Los Angeles Times called this "one of the most exciting jungle pictures you have ever seen."