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Tarzan of the Apes

191860 minUnited States
Adventure
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
60:11
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Scott Sidney · Public domain

Synopsis

The infant son of a stranded English couple survives his parents' deaths and grows up among apes. Years later, news of his existence draws an expedition to the African coast. Meeting Jane creates a connection beyond the world in which he was raised, while danger around the visitors gives his strength and familiarity with the landscape a new purpose.

Cast

DirectorsScott Sidney

Inspirations

The first Tarzan feature adapts the opening portion of Edgar Rice Burroughs's novel. Louisiana locations stood in for Africa, and a separate sequel took up material beyond this film's chosen part of the story.

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