Production Notes
This film portrayed a grittier, more realistic Tarzan who could be as savage as his opponents but could also speak eloquently and politely to a woman (Sara Shane) who gets involved in the plot (he also makes love to her in the jungle at one point, without making any reference to Jane). A fair bit of library film of animals was used.
It heralded a whole new direction for Tarzan films under the leadership of producer Sy Weintraub (who soon bought out partner Hayutin), who continued to portray the Ape man as literate in the follow-up Tarzan the Magnificent, and in the films in the 1960s starring Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry as Tarzan. Considered one of the best of the Tarzan films by many.
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