Complete credited cast: | |||
Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Tarzan | |
Johnny Sheffield | ... | Boy | |
Frances Gifford | ... | Zandra | |
Stanley Ridges | ... | Col. von Reichart | |
Sig Ruman | ... | German Sergeant (as Sig Rumann) | |
Philip Van Zandt | ... | Capt. Bausch | |
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Rex Williams | ... | Lt. Reinhardt Schmidt |
Pedro de Cordoba | ... | Patriarch |
Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle with plans to conquer her people and take their wealth. Tarzan, the isolationist, becomes involved after the Nazis shoot at him and capture Boy: "Now Tarzan make war!" Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
If you are familiar with the original Tarzan novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs, there's no reason to scoff at the idea of Tarzan taking on the Nazis. This territory was already covered in the seventh novel of the Tarzan series (and one of the best), "Tarzan the Untamed." Set during World War I, this novel starts with German troops destroying Lord Greystoke's home and kidnapping Jane. Tarzan sets out to find the officer responsible, and in the process he finds himself in an actual combat situation, in which he uses his jungle wiles to sabotage the German side.
Interestingly, "Tarzan the Untamed" leads to a climax involving a strange European civilization hidden in a deep valley, rather like the one featured in "Tarzan Triumphs." Although the script for "Tarzan Triumphs" is credited as an original story, it seems clearly inspired by "Tarzan the Untamed."