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 character | dam construction | elephant | elephant stampede | killed by an elephant | 

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Taglines:

The King of the Jungle finds new adventure in a new land in a fabulous filmed-on-location spectacle in mystic India!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

Switzerland UK USA

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.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

For this film, producer Sy Weintraub replaced Gordon Scott with Jock Mahoney. Weintraub wanted a leaner, less muscular, Tarzan. Gordon Scott was able to cash in on incredible physique by becoming one of the most popular stars in the Italian made sword and sandal/mythological muscle-man movies that had become box office hits in that period.

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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 Four O'Clock Army (1968)

User Reviews

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Tarzan Goes to India (1962)

** (out of 4)

A group of evil contractors are in India building a damn, which is going to flood several villages as well as kill over three hundred elephants. Tarzan (Jock Mahoney) is called in to try and rescue the elephants but a rogue is causing all sorts of trouble and making the other elephants do a lot of harm. Not only does Tarzan have to fight the elephant but he must also go against the head engineer (Leo Gordon) who doesn't care about human life. TARZAN GOES TO India comes as a major disappointment and especially when you consider it followed TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT, which was one of the greatest in the series. That film got a great villain performance by Mahoney who wound up taking the lead role here. Having seen both of his Tarzan films, it's clear Mahoney really wasn't the right person for the job. He was a very good actor as the previous film shows but he just didn't have the personality for Tarzan. You never believed him in the part and this is something that really kills this film because it really does seem like a non-Tarzan movie. The excitement of the character is missing and Mahoney just seems as if he's either bored and just doesn't know what to do with the part, which is a real shame because some of the story here is interesting. The one major benefit going on here is that the film was actually shot partially in India so we get some nice visuals. Another major plus is that there are quite a bit of elephants on hand and we get some very good shots of them. There's even a major battle between two of them that contains some nice drama. The rest of the story is pretty much the same thing just a new location. Once again Tarzan has to battle an evil person who is evil for no other reason than to have someone for Tarzan to fight. Gordon is very good and sinister in his role but at the same time you really wish the screenplay had given him more to do or at least built up his character some. The supporting cast also includes Jai "The Elephant Boy" playing Tarzan's travel mate. Fans of the series who must see all of them are the only ones that this is going to be recommended to.