Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)

Director:

Robert Gordon

Writers:

Stephen Lord (writer)
Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)

Release Date:

May 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Tarzan | Jungle | Native | Sequel

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
José Lewgoy	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Gordon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Edgar Rice Burroughs		characters
Stephen Lord		writer

Produced by
Robert Day	....	producer
Sy Weintraub	....	executive producer

Original Music by
William Loose

Cinematography by
Özen Sermet

Film Editing by
Reg Browne
Milton K. Mann		(as Milton Mann)

Art Direction by
Herbert Smith

Production Management
John Palmer	....	production supervisor
Camilo Sampaio	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cláudio Petráglia	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Robert Glenn	....	supervising sound editor
Don Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Mumford	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Nelson	....	supervising sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gabriel Queiroz	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
John Baker	....	assistant camera
Leobardo Sánchez	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Teresa Azevedo	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Laurette Odney	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Igo Kantor	....	music supervisor
William Loose	....	conductor

Production Companies

• Banner Productions
• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1968) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1972) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Paramount-Films (1970) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (DVD-R)

Other Companies

• Cinefx  main title
• Edit-Rite  sound effects
• Producers' Sound Service  sound by

Also Known As:

Runtime:

99 min | West Germany:89 min

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Brazil

Company:

Banner Productions

Quotes:

[first lines]
Tarzan:Cheeta, come on.

Movie Connections:

Follows Tarzan's Jungle Rebellion (1967)

Watch it for Steve Bond's first performance

This is the movie with Steve Bond's (soap opera actor of "General Hospital" and "Santa Barbara") first performance. He plays Erik, a boy who was forced by circumstances to survive in the jungle on his own. He is a kind of smaller version of the hero, Tarzan.

Mike Henry's Tarzan is averaged (a softened version of the classic Tarzan), as is the movie. This must be a movie in a line of other Tarzan-films. All the stereotyped elements are there: Cheetah the monkey (in this movie kind of addicted to alcohol to amuse the viewer), Tarzan's screaming (but only once...) ...

Charming story full of adventures, many animals, so-called clever slogans from our hero, a very sexy reporter (Alizia Gur) and some tension is created when the villain seeks revenge of Tarzan.

6 out of 10