Elephant Stampede
1951 film directed by Ford Beebe
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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, based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. The film's sets were designed by art director Vin Taylor.
| Elephant Stampede | |
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Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Ford Beebe |
| Written by | Ford Beebe |
| Based on | Roy Rockwood characters |
| Produced by | Walter Mirisch |
| Starring | Johnny Sheffield Donna Martell Edith Evanson |
| Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Raoul Kraushaar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 mins |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A schoolteacher has taught the locals 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 enlists the support of his elephant friends.
Cast
- Johnny Sheffield as Bomba
- Donna Martell as Lola
- John Kellogg as Bob Warren
- Edith Evanson as Miss Banks
- Martin Wilkins as Chief Nagalia
- Myron Healey as Joe Collins
- Leonard Mudie as Andy Barnes
- Guy Kingsford as Mark Phillips
Production
The film was shot in Arcadia, California in the botanical garden now known as the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.[1]
