Tarzan finds a boy from a crashed plane and raises him with Jane in the jungle. A search party comes looking for the plane.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Tarzan | |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | ... | Jane | |
| Johnny Sheffield | ... | Boy (as John Sheffield) | |
| Ian Hunter | ... | August Lancing | |
| Henry Stephenson | ... | Sir Thomas Lancing | |
| Frieda Inescort | ... | Mrs. August Lancing | |
| Henry Wilcoxon | ... | Mr. Sande | |
| Laraine Day | ... | Mrs. Richard Lancing | |
| Morton Lowry | ... | Mr. Richard Lancing | |
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A young couple die in a plane crash in the jungle. Their son is found by Tarzan and Jane who name him Boy and raise him as their own. Five years later a search party comes to find the young heir to millions of dollars. Jane agrees, against Tarzan's will, to lead them to civilization. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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Super Story of a Super Man ! The Titan of all Tarzans . . . Giant of all jungle thrills . . . worth the years it took to make ! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 June 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Tarzan in Exile See more »Filming Locations:
Backlot, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
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$2,265,020Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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Mr. Richard Lancing: Wildebeest again.
Mrs. Richard Lancing: I think we've seen about a million today.
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(1933) (uncredited)
from Eskimo (1933)
Music by William Axt
Played during end credits
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Johnny Sheffield claims that he was handpicked by Johnny Weissmuller after screening hundreds of applicants for the role of boy. Weissmuller is also the person who taught Sheffield to swim for the movie. See more »Goofs
A cockatoo is seen in the film. These birds are native to Australasia, not Africa. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Mr. Richard Lancing: Wildebeest again.
Mrs. Richard Lancing: I think we've seen about a million today.
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Alternate Versions
Originally released as Tarzan in Exile (1939), the film originally ended with the death of Jane. Protests by fans and Edgar Rice Burroughs forced the studio to reshoot much of the film so Jane survives. See more »Soundtracks
My Tender One(1933) (uncredited)
from Eskimo (1933)
Music by William Axt
Played during end credits
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What is it about the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films that seem to be as entertaining today as they were when first released. In this installment a plane crashes in Africa and the only survivor is a baby which is rescued by a gang of Chimpanzees. Old Cheetah quickly gets control of the infant and swings back to Tarzan and Janes place and presents his find to the man of the treehouse. Tarzan and Jane adopt the child naming him simply "Boy" and quickly he is grown from baby to a five year old in the form of Johnny Sheffield complete with his own jungle yell. Outsiders from the civilized world who are boys blood relatives show up and that means trouble. Jane, Boy and his (evil) relatives wind up as captives of a hostile tribe and Tarzan with Cheetah and the help of most of Africas Elephant population arrive in time to save the day. This film is now sixty years old but doesn't seem dated or tired. Perhaps it's Weissmullers simple dialog and acting which did it. "Cheetah find" is his answer when Jane questions where the baby came from. "Food" is what he tells his guests who have lunch in the treehouse and asks him what the name of the fruit that they are enjoying is. When the baby won't stop crying Tarzan sticks an over sized (what looks to be) chicken leg in the infants face thinking maybe something to eat will do the trick. Perhaps it was Weissmullers swimming scenes which did it or the antics of Cheetah or maybe the classic Tarzan yell. Whatever it was the Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films seem to be the best and this is one of them.