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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

  • 19591959
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.3K
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POPULARITY
34,766
23,778
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
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Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so and Tarzan pursues them to their mine.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
34,766
23,778
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    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Berne Giler(screenplay)
      • John Guillermin(screenplay)
      • Les Crutchfield(story)
    • Stars
      • Gordon Scott
      • Anthony Quayle
      • Sara Shane
    Top credits
    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Berne Giler(screenplay)
      • John Guillermin(screenplay)
      • Les Crutchfield(story)
    • Stars
      • Gordon Scott
      • Anthony Quayle
      • Sara Shane
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    • 28User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Gordon Scott and Sara Shane in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott and Sara Shane in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Sean Connery in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Sean Connery in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott and Sara Shane in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Sean Connery in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Sean Connery and Anthony Quayle in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Anthony Quayle and Gordon Scott in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott and Sara Shane in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott and Sara Shane in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)
    Gordon Scott in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959)

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    Gordon Scott
    Gordon Scott
    • Tarzan
    Anthony Quayle
    Anthony Quayle
    • Slade
    Sara Shane
    Sara Shane
    • Angie Loring
    Niall MacGinnis
    Niall MacGinnis
    • Kruger
    • (as Niall Macginnis)
    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • O'Bannion
    Al Mulock
    • Dino
    Scilla Gabel
    Scilla Gabel
    • Toni
    • Director
      • John Guillermin
    • Writers
      • Berne Giler(screenplay)
      • John Guillermin(screenplay)
      • Les Crutchfield(story)
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    • Trivia
      Sir Sean Connery was paid five thousand six hundred dollars for his role in this movie. When asked to play in the next Tarzan movie, he said he couldn't because "two fellows took an option on me for some spy picture and are exercising it. But I'll be in your next." The "spy picture" was Dr. No (1962), the first of his numerous appearances as James Bond 007.
    • Goofs
      When the hunter shoots at Tarzan in the tree and it hits a limb near his hand, the hunter then shoots again in the air without working the bolt action on the rifle to eject the spent shell and load a fresh cartridge.
    • Quotes

      Tarzan: Death is never a pretty sight. We'll see it again before the hunt is over.

    • Connections
      Followed by Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

    User reviews28

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    Top review
    7/10
    Quayle Makes It Personal
    You've got to have some set on you when you look to tangle with Tarzan on his turf. But one of the best villains ever to appear in a Tarzan film, Anthony Quayle does just that it in Tarzan's Greatest Adventure.

    Gordon Scott plays the eternal jungle man in this Tarzan epic, the rights of which were taken over by Paramount from MGM and the late RKO studio where most of the films were done. Tarzan's dealing with Anthony Quayle and three henchman and a moll in Niall McGinniss, Al Mulock, Sean Connery and Scilla Gabel. These people have it in their mind to rob a diamond mine and kill a bunch of native villagers who get in their way. That brings Tarzan to action.

    Along the way with dealing with Quayle and company Tarzan rescues female pilot Sara Shane whose plane crashed in a jungle river. Shane spouts some relatively hip dialog for Tarzan who does not speak in Johnny Weissmuller grunts, but with a concise English that befits Lord Greystoke.

    Quayle has to deal with plenty of dissension in his ranks, but he's the cause of it. His associates want to go in, do the job, and get out as soon as possible. But Quayle has a score to settle with Tarzan who caught him and put him in jail.

    Anthony Quayle appeared in many classic films, including a turn at Falstaff on the BBC's Shakespeare play series. But this film is the one I remember him best for. He is positively obsessed with evening the score with Tarzan, he puts the whole operation and his companions in jeopardy. In fact he's fashioned a wire noose for Tarzan to use on him should they meet.

    Of course they do and the fight scene between Scott and Quayle is one of the most thrilling done on the silver screen and not just in the Tarzan series.

    Sean Connery has a role as one of the henchmen, he doesn't get to do a whole lot, but he's got star quality and it's very apparent when he's on screen as a really dumb thug of a crook.

    Still it's Anthony Quayle and his white whale like obsession with Tarzan that makes Tarzan's Greatest Adventure one of the better ones from the series.
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    • Release date
      • September 21, 1959 (Sweden)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
    • Filming locations
      • Kikuyu, Kenya
    • Production company
      • Solar Film Productions
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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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