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Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) -- Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes, out for revenge, who teams up with greedy trader Lapin in a hunt for human game...
Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) -- Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes, out for revenge, who teams up with greedy trader Lapin in a hunt for human game...

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Writers:
Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
Frederick Schlick (written by) ...
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Genre:
Action | Adventure more
Plot:
Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes... more | add synopsis
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I like Scott's Tarzan, but this movie... ugh (and not in the Oongawa! sense) more (9 total)

Cast

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Gordon Scott ... Tarzan

Eve Brent ... Jane
Rickie Sorensen ... Boy
Leslie Bradley ... Schroeder (as Lesley Bradley)
Maurice Marsac ... Rene
Bruce Lester
Naaman Brown ... Tribesman
Paul Thompson ... Tribesman
Carl Christian
Sol Gorss ... Sikes (as Saul Gorse)
William Keene ... Lapin the Trader
Scatman Crothers ... Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan ... Witch Woman
Paul Stader
Don Blackman ... Tribesman
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Additional Details

Runtime:
70 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

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Trivia:
Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) more

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I like Scott's Tarzan, but this movie... ugh (and not in the Oongawa! sense), 11 April 2005
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Author: Dan Phillips (filops@yahoo.com) from California

Gordon Scott made some good Tarzan movies, but this is not one of them.

As I watched it, wincing at the bad, obviously interior sets and the hollow wooden "clonking" sounds as they walked across supposedly dirt trails, and cringing at the bad dialog and worse acting among the supporting cast, I kept thinking, "Sheesh! This is TV show level!" Then I find out it was, indeed, three TV show pilot episodes woven seam-fully into one.

It's nice to see Scott get outside (alone), away from the lame sets, in a few of the scenes; and the fights do have some pretty nice moves... but oh, ow, and ouch as to the dialog. And did I mention the acting? Heck, Cheetah (or "Cheta," in this version) was a better actor than most of the humans.

And that's not saying much.

It is kind of a stitch to see a younger Sherman (i.e. Scatman) Carothers acting as a native. But probably not worth the overall time-investment.

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