Tarzana, sesso selvaggio (1969)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Guido Malatesta

Writers:

Gianfranco Clerici (writer)
Guido Malatesta (writer)

Release Date:

1970 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Tagline:

See the Savage Adventures of the Most Beautiful and Treacherous Animal in the Jungle.

Plot:

The daughter of Sir Donovan is believed dead with her mother and other relatives in a plane crash in the African jungle. Fifteen years later, vague reports arrive in Europe that a Kenyan tribe has elected a white woman as their queen, Tarzana (meaning 'strange woman' in Bantu), and Sir Donovan wants to believe she is his daughter.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Pretty Girl | Female Nudity | Beautiful Woman | Breasts

Cast

Ken Clark	...	Glen Shipper
Franca Polesello	...	Doris
Beryl Cunningham	...	Kamala - Dancer
Femi Benussi	...	Tarzana
Franco Ressel	...	Groder
Raf Baldassarre	...	Fred
Andrea Aureli		(as Andrew Ray)
Alfred Thomas	...	Kamuro
Furio Meniconi	...	Lars
Gualtiero Isnenghi
Ugo Adinolfi
Fortunato Arena
Antonietta Fiorito	...	Judy

Also Known As:

Tarzana, the Wild Girl (USA)
Tarzana, the Wild Woman (USA)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-18 | Italy:VM18 | USA:R (re-rating) (1970) | USA:X (1970)

Company:

Romana Film

Good Euro 'Female Tarzan' Movie

Of course, the main attraction is the topless Femi Benussi as the title heroine. Beyond that, it is a very simple but OK jungle adventure. The production values are adequate, you get to see Tarzana herself riding real elephants, kissing real lions, not just insert stock footage. It should also be noted that the 'African native' music accompanying the dances are really great, not the cheesy, stereotyped, crude "savages' music" (!) you might expect to get.