Tarzan's Peril (1951)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Byron Haskin

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
Samuel Newman (original screenplay) ...

Release Date:

13 March 1951 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

New Jungle Thrills!

Plot:

Escaped convicts are selling weapons to a warlike native tribe. |

Plot Keywords:

Emissary | Jungle | Series | Smuggling | Knife

Cast

Lex Barker	...	Tarzan
Virginia Huston	...	Jane
George Macready	...	Radijeck
Douglas Fowley	...	Herbert Trask
Glenn Anders	...	Andrews
Alan Napier	...	Commissioner Peters
Edward Ashley	...	Conners
Dorothy Dandridge	...	Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba
Walter Kingsford	...	Barney
Frederick O'Neal	...	King Bulam

Also Known As:

Jungle Queen
Tarzan and the Jungle Queen (UK)
Tarzan's Mate in Peril (USA)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #15063) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Africa

Company:

Sol Lesser Productions

Trivia:

The company arrived in Africa just before winter set in. The chimps wouldn't perform, so Cheetah's part had to be cut. The area around Mount Kenya was so cloudy that Lex Barker's tan disappeared and he had to use body makeup. The first time Barker showed up in a loin cloth the native extras burst out laughing.

Movie Connections:

Follows Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

The 28 Year Old Dorothy Dandridge

At last, I can finally say that the 28 year old Dorothy Dandridge struggled as an actress after a four year absence from acting in films. Although 'Tarzan's Peril' is quite dull, I began to connect with Dandridge and felt that she had experienced the concrete reality of life.