Bomba and the Jungle Girl

In the African jungle, Bomba, who was taken from his family when he was very young and reared by the now-deceased Cody Cassidy, struggles to read his foster father's diary, then brings the book to Commissioner Barnes. Barnes reads that Bomba's parents, John and Laura Hastings, were mapmakers who were staying with a tribe headed by Chief Gamboso when they were murdered. Eager to learn more about his parents, Bomba travels across the jungle, swinging from vine to vine until he reaches Gamboso's village. On the outskirts, he spots beautiful Linda Ward swimming and jumps in to save her from an approaching crocodile. Misunderstanding Bomba's intent, Linda swims away from him in fear, but then sees him wrestling the crocodile and shoots it. Grateful, she brings Bomba back to Gamboso's village, where her father is finishing a government inspection. Bomba asks Gamboso and his daughter Boru about his parents, but is told that the only person who would have any information is his old nurse, tribe member Linasi, who is dead. Despondent, Bomba leaves, but is followed into the jungle by Kokoli, who informs Bomba that Linasi is alive and will tell him his true history. Kokoli leads him to Linasi, who is blind, and then disappears while she describes how she saved Bomba as a boy after his parents were killed by Gamboso. She was then blinded by Gamboso to keep her from informing the police, and Bomba's parents were buried in a cave above a village called Jeruti, along with his father's diary, which details the whole crime. Just as she begins to describe the path to the cave, Linasi is killed by a poisoned dart. Boru and her warriors appear and, blaming Bomba for the murder, bring him back to the tribe. There, Linda's father, who believes in Bomba's innocence, reminds Gamboso that since natives cannot punish white people, the young man must be brought to the police. Linda, however, refuses to accept this arrangement and holds Boru at gunpoint until she releases Bomba, who runs into the jungle. Later, Kokoli hears Gamboso and Boru plan to kill the Wards as soon as they leave the village the next day and informs Bomba. Bomba does not completely trust Kokoli until the native reveals that Linasi was his mother and that his father, the real chief of the tribe, was killed by Gamboso, who then murdered the Hastings when they witnessed the coup. The two locate the Wards, who are trekking with a safari team to the next village, and warn them. That night, Boru's men attack their camp and kill all of the safari team, though Bomba saves Ward and Linda. Bomba sends Kokoli to ask Barnes for help and leads the Wards toward Jeruti. After days of hiking, they finally reach the village, only to find it attacked and abandoned. While Ward and Linda barricade themselves in the longhouse and await Barnes, Bomba climbs into the treetops to search the jungle for Boru. He spots her dispersing her men out in a long line and, assuming she will be no threat, begins to search for his parents' cave. When Kokoli arrives with Barnes and two other men, Linda rushes to inform Bomba of their arrival. Just as she finds him, however, Boru's men set fire to the jungle around Jeruti and the pair is trapped. After Bomba and Linda witness Boru being hit by a falling tree limb, they drag her and her lieutenant into a nearby cave. There, Bomba finds his parents' graves and the diary. As Linda reads the story of Gamboso's murderous takeover, Boru attempts to blow a poison dart at her but is foiled by Bomba. While Bomba then fights with Boru's lieutenant, Linda struggles with Boru until both natives are overcome, and Boru throws herself into the fire. Days later, after the fire is brought under control and Gamboso has been sent to jail, the commissioner names Kokoli as the new leader of the tribe. When the Wards look for Bomba to thank him, however, he is gone, and Barnes explains that Bomba acts not to receive praise but only to see justice accomplished.