The Lion Hunters


The Lion Hunters is a 1951 American low-budget adventure film directed by Ford Beebe and starring Johnny Sheffield, Morris Ankrum, Ann Todd, Douglas Kennedy and Woody Strode in his first credited role. It is the fifth in the 12-film Bomba, the Jungle Boy series produced by Monogram Pictures, based on the Bomba series of juvenile adventure books. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Dave Milton and Vin Taylor.

Plot

A lion trapper and his daughter Jean rendezvous with his hardheaded partner in the African jungle. Bomba befriends Jean and explains why trapping lions is wrong, and she comes to understand him. He later sabotages the men's plans, and with assistance from local Masai natives and lions, expels them from the area.

Cast