Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)

A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.

Director:

Robert Gordon

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters), Stephen Lord

Stars:

Mike Henry, Rafer Johnson, Aliza Gur

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Mike Henry	...	Tarzan
Rafer Johnson	...	Nagambi
Aliza Gur	...	Myrna (as Alizia Gur)
Steve Bond	...	Erik
Ron Gans	...	Ken (as Ronald Gans)
Edward Johnson	...	Buhara (as Ed Johnson)

Storyline

Tarzan is joined by a reporter and her fiance on a journey to find a boy who was abandoned in the jungle six years earlier. The search party must also battle an evil native, who is out to kill the boy and take over as chief of his brother's tribe.

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Plot Keywords:

boy | tarzan | jungle | native | cave | 

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Taglines:

Eric Was Just a Boy, But He Could Still Teach the Mighty Tarzan a Few Secrets of the Jungle!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Details

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

O Tarzan kai to paidi tis zouglas

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company Credits

Production Co:

Banner Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was filmed during the Fall of 1965 with Mike Henry experiencing so many traumas (Chimp bite, infections, etc) that by January 1966 he quit the Tarzan movie series. The movie was shoved to the side for two years to work on the 1966 TV series as well as the release of "Tarzan & The Great River" (1967) that young actor Steve Bond (The Jungle Boy) had aged from 12 to 15 by the time the movie was filmed and released for the big screen.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Tarzan: Cheeta, come on.

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Connections

Follows Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)

User Reviews

Bond and Bondage

In his third and final outing as the jungle hero, muscular Mike Henry (as Tarzan) sheds the trendy "James Bond" pseudo-spy opening for his regular game. After this film, interest was mainly on TV's "Tarzan" (Ron Ely). Clinging to more traditional vines, Mr. Henry finds the boy who went missing after the mishap in the opening sequence. He is little brown-haired Steve Bond (as Erik) - not the blond-haired boy lost, but you get the idea. Young "Jungle Boy" Bond grew up to become a muscular "General Hospital" TV soap opera hunk. Bond gets the job done, in his first feature appearance. Rafer Johnson does well, too. Beautifully proportioned Aliza Gur (as Myrna) is the feminine presence - watch for her Bond-age scene.

**** Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (5/68) Robert Gordon ~ Mike Henry, Steve Bond, Rafer Johnson, Aliza Gur