A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.A reporter and her fiance are conducting a search in the jungle for a wild boy, the lost son of a downed geologist.
Edward Johnson
- Buhara
- (as Ed Johnson)
James Earl Johnson
- Buhara
- (as Ed Johnson)
Embaixador
- Expedition guide
- (uncredited)
Luely Figueiró
- Mag Djenda's wife
- (uncredited)
José Lewgoy
- Djenda
- (uncredited)
Solano Trindade
- Otala old chief
- (uncredited)
Zamba
- Self a Lion
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe movie was filmed during the Fall of 1965 with Mike Henry experiencing so many traumas (Chimp bite, infections, etc) that by January 1966 he quit the Tarzan movie series. The movie was shoved to the side for two years to work on the 1966 TV series as well as the release of "Tarzan & The Great River" (1967). This meant that young actor Steve Bond (The Jungle Boy) had aged from 12 to 15 by the time the movie was filmed and released for the big screen.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)
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Allow me a moment to wipe the drool from my mouth, what with Mike Henry being such a delicious piece of prime beef! Even if the film was no good, it would still have been worth the watch. I could easily pause the movie and just stare at his great physique. He is also the first hairy chested Tarzan - and oh-so-yummy! Fortunately, I enjoyed the movie as a whole.
In this film, Tarzan is a civilized man who is educated and very well spoken. There is no Jane, hence no "Me Tarzan, you Jane." In fact, there is no romantic interest whatsoever. On the contrary, Tarzan is trying to get away from the only female character in the film!
Ok, but let's start at the beginning. The film opens with a father and his young son running into trouble in white waters. The father is washed away and we can safely assume he drowned, leaving the boy stranded in the wilderness.
Six years later, a journalist, Myrna, and her assistant, Ken, travels to the jungle to meet with Tarzan hoping to find the boy. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Secunda tribe is ill and his two sons, Buhara and Nagambi, are in a contest to determine who will be the next Chief. Buhara is Tarzan's friend and agrees to help locating the boy, while Nagambi is the film's antagonist and wants the boy killed.
'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' delivers non-stop action and adventure, and is also a story of rivalry and jealousy. Mike Henry makes a credible hero, but I found the character a bit too well educated to be a jungle man. Unfortunately I did not find Steve Bond believable at all as the young boy, Erik, but I think the casting was too blame. He was too small and skinny for the character, and it wasn't believable - especially when he was helping an injured Buhara.
'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' didn't really feel like a Tarzan movie, but it was still a good enough adventure film.
In this film, Tarzan is a civilized man who is educated and very well spoken. There is no Jane, hence no "Me Tarzan, you Jane." In fact, there is no romantic interest whatsoever. On the contrary, Tarzan is trying to get away from the only female character in the film!
Ok, but let's start at the beginning. The film opens with a father and his young son running into trouble in white waters. The father is washed away and we can safely assume he drowned, leaving the boy stranded in the wilderness.
Six years later, a journalist, Myrna, and her assistant, Ken, travels to the jungle to meet with Tarzan hoping to find the boy. Meanwhile, the Chief of the Secunda tribe is ill and his two sons, Buhara and Nagambi, are in a contest to determine who will be the next Chief. Buhara is Tarzan's friend and agrees to help locating the boy, while Nagambi is the film's antagonist and wants the boy killed.
'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' delivers non-stop action and adventure, and is also a story of rivalry and jealousy. Mike Henry makes a credible hero, but I found the character a bit too well educated to be a jungle man. Unfortunately I did not find Steve Bond believable at all as the young boy, Erik, but I think the casting was too blame. He was too small and skinny for the character, and it wasn't believable - especially when he was helping an injured Buhara.
'Tarzan and the Jungle Boy' didn't really feel like a Tarzan movie, but it was still a good enough adventure film.
- paulclaassen
- Dec 14, 2023
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- Also known as
- Tarzan und der Dschungelboy
- Filming locations
- Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil(location)
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- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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