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May 1942 (USA)
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In All The World No Thrill Like This! more
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Tarzan and Jane go to New York to rescue Boy after he is kidnapped into a circus. full summary | add synopsis
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Brooklyn Bridge
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Will New York Ever Be the Same after Tarzan?
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Johnny Weissmuller | ... | Tarzan | |
| Maureen O'Sullivan | ... | Jane Parker | |
| Johnny Sheffield | ... | Boy | |
| Virginia Grey | ... | Connie Beach | |
| Charles Bickford | ... | Buck Rand | |
| Paul Kelly | ... | Jimmie Shields, Pilot | |
| Chill Wills | ... | Manchester Montford | |
| Cy Kendall | ... | Col. Ralph Sergeant | |
| Russell Hicks | ... | Judge Abbotson | |
| Howard C. Hickman | ... | Blake Norton, Tarzan's Lawyer (as Howard Hickman) | |
| Charles Lane | ... | Gould Beaton, Sargent's Lawyer | |
| Miles Mander | ... | Portmaster | |
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| Matthew Boulton | ... | Portmaster (scenes deleted) | |
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Tarzan Against the World (USA) (working title)
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71 min
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Cameo: [Elmo Lincoln]the first movie Tarzan, as a circus roustabout.
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Continuity: Tarzan gives the spear to Boy handle up and blade down. When Boy takes it, next shot, it is reversed.
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Followed by Tarzan Triumphs (1943)
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Dance of the Hours
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This is the last of the six great "Tarzan classics" with Johnny Weismuller and Maureen O'Sullivan. And I frankly didn't think I would like it: who, after all, wants to see Tarzan anywhere but in the jungle?
But this turned out to be a delightful tale after all. We are given enough of Tarzan, Jane, Boy, and the animals in the jungle to set the stage; and then are whisked to New York for a story full of situational humor, social commentary, and adventure.
Cheetah perhaps plays a bigger role in this movie than in any of the others. Cheetah provides us with great scenes of fun and good humor, opening the movie at the beginning and closing it at the end in the jungle. In both scenes, Cheetah opens with the elephants with delightful playfulness. In between, we have Cheetah going to New York with Tarzan and Jane for a series of easy-going, hilarious romps that help to really provide this movie with a special humor to offset what is I'll admit I really didn't like Boy's "tricks" with the baby elephants at the beginning of the movie. This all seemed very unnatural, and that really undermines the movies depiction of Boy in the Jungle.
However, the perhaps predictable but mordant social commentary contrasting "civilization" and Tarzan's jungle was to me a very good fit for a movie that really more than usual emphasizes environmental contrasts. The adventure/action scenes of Tarzan high above the streets of New York, and far above the Brooklyn Bridge, were wonderful.
The cinematography was excellent, crisply precise. The pace occasionally lagged, but in general, was good. All in all, this is a very worthwhile addition to the great Tarzan canon, and I would recommend it to anyone.