BUNGALA BOYS is a rather undistinguished instalment of the Children's Film Foundation franchise, and the second Aussie production following on from 1947's BUSH CHRISTMAS. This one takes a rather typical story of some tearaway and boisterous boys who learn new respect when they become life savers on the seas around Sydney. The problem about this film is that it's all very artificial: the bad guys are amusing but bland, the locations exotic but shot in a dullish way. Most of the charm comes from the banter from a very young lad who has a natural way with words and bluster. The rest is the kind of thing you forget watching five minutes after it finishes.