It's Bomba the Jungle Boy to the rescue when the evil Arab chieftain Ali Ben Mamoud steals a golden idol from the Watusi tribe.It's Bomba the Jungle Boy to the rescue when the evil Arab chieftain Ali Ben Mamoud steals a golden idol from the Watusi tribe.It's Bomba the Jungle Boy to the rescue when the evil Arab chieftain Ali Ben Mamoud steals a golden idol from the Watusi tribe.
Don C. Harvey
- Officer Graves
- (as Don Harvey)
Robert Bice
- Gate Guard
- (uncredited)
Kimbbo the Chimp
- Kimbbo--Chimp
- (uncredited)
Robert Lewis
- Native
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaIn the main titles of the previous entry in the Bomba series (Safari Drums) the billing for star Sheffield was changed from "Johnny Sheffield" to "John," a tacit admission that the former child star was getting a bit long-in-the-tooth to continue to be billed with a juvenile name. In this film's titles, his billing reverts to "Johnny Sheffield."
- Quotes
Joe Hawkins: I'm not sure he's got the idol with him or he'd have produced it by now.
Prince Ali Ben Mamoud: Then all we have to do is capture him and make him tell us where it's hidden.
Joe Hawkins: Sounds simple but Bomba's tough. I'm not sure you can break him.
Prince Ali Ben Mamoud: I'd enjoy trying.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Killer Leopard (1954)
Featured review
Bomba the Tenth
The Golden Idol (1954)
** (out of 4)
Bomba (Johnny Sheffield) is back in action and this time he's trying to bring down the evil Prince Ali Ben Mamoud (Paul Guilfoyle) who is starting trouble in the jungle after trying to steal a valuable golden idol, which is very important to some natives who just happen to worship the piece. THE GOLDEN IDOL was the tenth film in the Monogram series and it's clear that it's far from a masterpiece but in terms of this series it's not too bad. However, that's really not saying too much as there really weren't any good films in this series. This one here at least has a couple fun performances but as with the previous films, way too much time is spent on silly stock footage and boring dialogue sequences that just keep going on and on. On the plus side you once again have Sheffield back in the lead role and it's clear that he was given a lot more effort than this thing deserved. He's quite good in the part but one wishes they had given him a better writer. I also thought Guilfoyle was good in his part and actually made for a very good villain. He played a similar role in a previous film and sure enough was the best thing in that. The rest of the supporting players are serviceable in their parts. Most of the action is the typical gunshots, tribes men running around type of stuff and none of it is overly exciting. At 71-minutes the film does drag in spots but this is the tenth movie so that's to be expected.
** (out of 4)
Bomba (Johnny Sheffield) is back in action and this time he's trying to bring down the evil Prince Ali Ben Mamoud (Paul Guilfoyle) who is starting trouble in the jungle after trying to steal a valuable golden idol, which is very important to some natives who just happen to worship the piece. THE GOLDEN IDOL was the tenth film in the Monogram series and it's clear that it's far from a masterpiece but in terms of this series it's not too bad. However, that's really not saying too much as there really weren't any good films in this series. This one here at least has a couple fun performances but as with the previous films, way too much time is spent on silly stock footage and boring dialogue sequences that just keep going on and on. On the plus side you once again have Sheffield back in the lead role and it's clear that he was given a lot more effort than this thing deserved. He's quite good in the part but one wishes they had given him a better writer. I also thought Guilfoyle was good in his part and actually made for a very good villain. He played a similar role in a previous film and sure enough was the best thing in that. The rest of the supporting players are serviceable in their parts. Most of the action is the typical gunshots, tribes men running around type of stuff and none of it is overly exciting. At 71-minutes the film does drag in spots but this is the tenth movie so that's to be expected.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Mar 6, 2012
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
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