Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

Summoned by an Indian princess, Tarzan travels to India where hundreds of wild elephants are in danger. A company is building a hydroelectric dam and the contractors have only a few weeks ... See full summary »

Director:

John Guillermin

Writers:

Robert Hardy Andrews (screenplay), John Guillermin (screenplay)

Stars:

Jock Mahoney, Leo Gordon, Mark Dana

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Jock Mahoney	...	Tarzan
Leo Gordon	...	Bryce, Head Engineer
Mark Dana	...	O'Hara
Feroz Khan	...	Prince Raghu Kumar
Simi Garewal	...	Princess Kamara (as Simi)
Murad	...	The Maharajah
Jagdish Raj	...	Raj (as Jagdish Raaj)
G. Raghaven	...	Chakra
Aaron Joseph	...	Driver
Abas Khan	...	Pilot
Pehelwan Ameer	...	Mooty
K.S. Tripathi	...	Conservation Officer
Peter Cooke	...	Foreman
Denis Bastian	...	Servant

Storyline

Summoned by an Indian princess, Tarzan travels to India where hundreds of wild elephants are in danger. A company is building a hydroelectric dam and the contractors have only a few weeks to finish the job. The building of the dam will flood the valley surrounded by mountains. There is one pass through which the elephant herd can escape but that is being closed. Tarzan comes up against an old nemesis, Bryce, the chief engineer. Bryce undertook a similar dam project in Africa and had a penchant for shooting elephants. It's up to Tarzan to organize the move before Bryce manages to close the pass.

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Plot Keywords:

tarzan | india | riding an elephant | hanging upside down | bare chested boy | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

July 1962 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tarzán en la India

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allfin A.G., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Feroz Khans voice was dubbed in the film.

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Goofs

When Jai snares Tarzan in the trap and Tarzan is hanging upside down, Jai brings his elephant close but out of reach of Tarzan. The camera switches to Tarzan at one point and he reaches out and steadies himself on one of the elephant's tusks which is quite close, then switches back to a wider view and the elephant is again out of reach.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Pilot: We will be arriving in a few moments now.

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Connections

Followed by Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

User Reviews

The International Jungle Man

For the first time since Johnny Weissmuller took that plane with Jane to New York to rescue Boy in Tarzan's New York Adventure, the famed jungle man leaves the African continent. Tarzan Goes To India, but in this case the title does not say it all.

Tarzan who is now played by Jock Mahoney is summoned to India at the request of a local maharajah. A needed dam is being built to provide hydroelectric power for his area. But the maharajah is also a conservationist. The dam will flood a certain valley that has been an animal preserve and a rather large herd of elephants will drown.

Mahoney's mission is to save the animals and his biggest problem is a nasty and mean rogue elephant who is leading the herd. Assisting him is Jai the elephant boy, a Twentieth Century version of Sabu and his pet pachyderm. Tarzan's also got some human opposition in dam engineers Mark Dana and Leo Gordon, the latter with whom Tarzan has some history with.

Just the mention of Leo Gordon and you know who the real villain is. On his last job in Africa which brought him into contact with Tarzan he did a little ivory poaching on the side.

Jock Mahoney replaced Gordon Scott as Tarzan and at 43 he brings a more mature Tarzan to the picture. But Mahoney who was a college jock and a stuntman before becoming an actor and he's one fit and athletic Tarzan in the first of two films he did as Edgar Rice Burroughs's legendary primeval hero.

What I like about this film is not only is it shot in India, but brings Tarzan fully into the present era. This film could never have been done on the MGM back lot, let alone RKO's back lot later on.

It's a nice story and while Jock Mahoney replaced my favorite Tarzan Gordon Scott he certainly does credit to the part and to the film. Tarzan Goes To India holds up very well after almost 50 years. It's quite a bit more than just G rated family entertainment, the film is a nice statement about the other creatures with whom man shares domain of planet earth with.