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Director:
John Guillermin
Writers:
Robert Hardy Andrews (writer)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)
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Release Date:
July 1962 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure more
Plot:
Princess Kamara asks Tarzan to come to India. A huge dam is going to be opened in order to form a lake which will service an electric power plant... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Feels like something that Edgar Rice Burroughs would have written! more (3 total)

Cast

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Jock Mahoney ... Tarzan
Jai ... Elephant Boy
Leo Gordon ... Bryce, Head Engineer
Mark Dana ... O'Hara
Feroz Khan ... Prince Raghu Kumar
Simi Garewal ... Princess Kamara (as Simi)
Murad ... Maharajah
Jagdish Raay ... Raaj
G. Raghaven ... Chakra
Aaron Joseph ... Drive
Abas Khan ... Pilot
Pehelwan Ameer ... Mooty
K.S. Tripathi ... Conservation officer
Peter Cooke ... Foreman
Denis Bastian ... Servant
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Additional Details

Runtime:
88 min
Country:
UK | USA | Switzerland
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India more
Company:
Allfin A.G. more

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Movie Connections:
Followed by Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones (1967) more

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6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Feels like something that Edgar Rice Burroughs would have written!, 19 November 2000
Author: marcd30319 from Atlanta, Georgia

I have a genuine fondness for TARZAN GOES TO INDIA. If you remove the Air India 707 from the opening credits and the early sixties automobiles, it feels like something that Edgar Rice Burroughs would have written, possibly after the Second World War, if declining health hadn't caught with him.

Jock Mahoney gives the legendary apeman something that the other previous actors had not provided to this part -- a sense of maturity and gravity. Yes, Mahoney is almost too rangy, particularly when compared to his immediate predecessor, the hefty Gordon Scott. But Mahoney makes every scene seem real; with his midwestern accent sounding neutral, almost international, in tone in keeping with Tarzan's unique origins. The additional kick is knowing that Mahoney does all of his stunts, including an eye-popping dive from an moving airplane into a lake. But his greatest stunt is being able to work with an inexperienced child actor and a four-ton elephant and not get loss in the shuffle. That's charisma!

Yes, the storyline is somewhat juvenile, but there was a definite market in the early Sixties for movies pitched to a pre-teenage audience. Witness such films as CAPTAIN SINBAD, FLIPPER, ZEBRA IN THE KITCHEN, and Disney's output of movies during this time. Robert Harding Andrews does a credible job with the script while John Guillermin provides fast-paced direction although this film lacks the flourishes of his 1959 Tarzan outing, TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE.

Overall, TARZAN GOES TO INDIA is a pleasant diversion well with checking out.

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