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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

82 min  -  Action | Adventure  -   October 1959 (USA)
4.0
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This movie has little connection with the 1932 original. It does, however, have lifted footage (tinted to more-or-less match the color)... See full summary »

Director:

Joseph M. Newman

Writers:

Robert Hill (screenplay), Edgar Rice Burroughs (character)
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Denny Miller Denny Miller ...
Cesare Danova Cesare Danova ...
Joanna Barnes Joanna Barnes ...
Robert Douglas Robert Douglas ...
Col. James Parker
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Storyline

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 Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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FORGOTTEN WORLD of Pygmy Idol-Worshippers ! See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Talttumaton Tarzan See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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