Tarzan and the Great River

19671967
GG
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

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Mike Henry and Diana Millay in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Action Adventure

In Brazil, Dr. Ann Philips tries to inoculate the superstitious natives against an epidemic. The murderous Jaguar Men oppose the intrusion. The natives take heart when the riverboat captain'... Read allIn Brazil, Dr. Ann Philips tries to inoculate the superstitious natives against an epidemic. The murderous Jaguar Men oppose the intrusion. The natives take heart when the riverboat captain's helper Pepe volunteers for the first shot.In Brazil, Dr. Ann Philips tries to inoculate the superstitious natives against an epidemic. The murderous Jaguar Men oppose the intrusion. The natives take heart when the riverboat captain's helper Pepe volunteers for the first shot.

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

407

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- Robert Day
- Bob Barbash(screenplay)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs(characters)
- Lewis Reed(story)
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Mike Henry and Jan Murray in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Mike Henry in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Mike Henry, Diana Millay, and Jan Murray in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Diana Millay in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Paulo Gracindo and Mike Henry in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Mike Henry, Jan Murray, and Manuel Padilla Jr. in Tarzan and the Great River (1967)

Trivia
In the second week of filming, Dinky the chimp bit Mike Henry on the jaw. It took 20 stitches to repair the wound. Henry had monkey fever delirium for three days, and took three weeks to recuperate. The chimp was destroyed and replaced. Henry later sued the production company for negligence. He won the suit, but the amount was not made public.

Goofs
The boat is traveling on a river in Brazil and come across a herd of hippopotamus in the river. Hippos are indigenous to Africa and therefore should not have appeared in a river in South America.

Quotes
Captain Sam Bishop: I don't get it! You mean you travel with a chimp and a lion?
Tarzan: I have my reasons.

Connections
Featured in Biography: Tarzan: The Legacy of Edgar Rice Burroughs (1996)

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Featured review

2/10

Dull, plodding Tarzan film

A really boring film with very little to recommend in it. Only the beautiful scenery and a funny performance by Jan Murray makes viewing this bearable. Mike Henry is OK as Tarzan but he seems much too stiff in the non-action scenes. He doesn't seem at ease in the role like earlier Tarzans Gordon Scott or Jock Mahoney. He is fine in the action sequences but looks out of place otherwise. The pacing in this film is deadly. There are long stretches where not much happens and too little action when something does. Villain Rafer Johnson as Barcuna isn't given much to do except to try to look menacing. The climactic fight between him and Tarzan is not very exciting. Jan Murray as Captain Bishop is the bright spot of the film. His goofy performance is fun to watch. Diana Millay as the good doctor is basically a two dimensional character played without much enthusiasm. Overall this film is not as good as Henry's previous Tarzan outing-Tarzan and the Valley of Gold-which had some exciting action and a much more enjoyable story. Give this one a miss. I give it 3 river-boats out of 10.

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