Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Harold D. Schuster

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
William Lively (writer)

Release Date:

16 February 1955 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Plot:

Hunters trespass into Sukulu country, where animals are sacred, posing as photographers. Their work has the blessing of the U.N.'s Dr...

Plot Keywords:

Tarzan | Sequel | Beautiful Woman | Character Name In Title

Cast

Gordon Scott	...	Tarzan
Vera Miles	...	Jill Hardy
Peter van Eyck	...	Dr. Celliers
Jack Elam	...	Burger
Charles E. Fredericks	...	DeGroot (as Charles Fredericks)
Richard Reeves	...	Reeves

Runtime:

72 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sol Lesser Productions

Trivia:

Gordon Scott and Vera Miles married while making this film.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)

Tarzan's Hidden Jungle

6 ft. 4 inch Gordon Scott made this film for RKO on a very meager budget as the story goes....not much to get worked up about in this tale of rogue and con artist hunters who lie and try to trap animals to sell to the zoos. About the only redeeming quality to this film is Scott's bulging muscle physique......Scott by far the biggest muscleman Tarzan ever....Scott handles his role rudimentary and a little off center....he seems more perplexed with Vera Miles more than the animals....in real life Scott and Miles married......Scott is not given much to say that makes much sense...just grumbling and Me Tarzan, you Jane schuck!!!! Peter Van Eyck as a jungle doctor trying to save natives and animals alike.....this was very weak Tarzan film and rumor had it that Scott only made $50000 for the whole film.... His other Tarzan adventures turned into classics, such as "Tarzan and the Lost Safari", "Tarzan's Greatest Adventure" and "Tarzan the Magnificent"....in those films Scott's role as Tarzan reached new heights as an intelligent thinker......Greatest Adventure the best Tarzan ever in my mind....