Laurette Luez, who plays the sarong-wearing Lita, was born in Hawaii and enjoyed a 20-year career as a supporting actress and pin-up girl, as famous for being a Hollywood socialite as she was for her acting career. She retired from the screen in the mid-50s and died of undisclosed causes in 1999.

When Bomba and the girl first see the mine a sluice is being used. The native is turning the water wheel the wrong way - hardly any water is coming out onto the sluice.

Followed by Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952)