Elephant Stampede
{{Short description|1951 film directed by Ford Beebe}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Elephant Stampede
| image = File:Elephant Stampede.jpg
| caption = Original film poster
| director = Ford Beebe
| producer = Walter Mirisch
| writer = Ford Beebe
| based_on = Roy Rockwood characters
| starring = Johnny Sheffield
Donna Martell
Edith Evanson
| music = Raoul Kraushaar
| cinematography = William A. Sickner
| editing = William Austin
| distributor = Monogram Pictures
| studio = Monogram Pictures
| released = {{Film date|1951|10|21}}
| runtime = 71 mins
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
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,{{Cite news|title=Wald And Krasna To Do 'Years Ago'|date=September 4, 1950|work=The New York Times|id={{ProQuest|111744456}}{{subscription required}}}}
- {{Cite news|title=Bomba And The Elephant Stampede|date=1952|work=Monthly Film Bulletin|volume=19|page=78|id={{ProQuest|1305815212}}{{subscription required}}}} 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
- 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26784/elephant-stampede#articles-reviews | title=Elephant Stampede (1951) | first=Richard Harland | last=Smith | website=TCM}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0043352}}
- {{TCMDb title|26784}}
- {{AFI film|id=50035|title=Elephant Stampede}}
{{Ford Beebe}}
{{Bomba the Jungle Boy}}
Category:American adventure films
Category:Films directed by Ford Beebe
Category:Films produced by Walter Mirisch
Category:Monogram Pictures films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1950s English-language films
Category:English-language adventure films
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