Tarzan, the Ape Man

"FORGOTTEN WORLD of Pygmy Idol-Worshippers !"

Oct 1 1959 G 1h 22m
Action, Adventure, Romance

An English colonel's daughter meets the lord of the jungle who makes her his mate.

Plot

This movie has little connection with the 1932 original. It does, however, have lifted footage (tinted to more-or-less match the color), including obvious footage of Weissmuller's vine-swinging. Miller is not once called Tarzan in the movie, and his yell is also lifted Weissmuller. The elephants who wreck the pygmy village are lifted/tinted from the original, but the "pygmies" (real in the original) were kids from Fairfax High School in Los Angeles. Costumes are left over from "King Solomon's Mines" so that more stock footage could be lifted. And the crocodile fight is taken from "Tarzan and his Mate"

Written by

Robert Hill, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Directed by

Joseph M. Newman

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
424
Average Rating
3.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA