screenshots / African Treasure starring Bomba, the Jungle Boy / 1952 Monogram Pictures


Johnny Sheffield's seventh Bomba film has the jungle boy opposing two geologists who are forcing the local natives to work in a diamond mine.

Actress Laurette Luez previously appeared in Prehistoric Women (1950) and would later appear along side the Bowery Boys in Jungle Gents (1954).

Los Angeles, California filming locations include Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, and Griffith Park.

Woody Strode (Tarzan's Fight for Life, Tarzan's Three Challenges) appears in an uncredited role as a mailman.

Cast as a native, actor Wesley Bly also appeared the same year in Tarzan's Fight for Life starring Lex Barker.

Wesley Bly passed in 1959 at the age of 50.