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Tarzan's Peril (1951)

Tarzan's Peril poster
Directed by
Byron Haskin
Genre
fantasy film, action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tarzan helps a woman escape from a jungle village. Meanwhile, he faces trouble with some outlaws and a local queen.

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What happens

Tarzan's Peril (also known as Jungle Queen and Tarzan and the Jungle Queen) is a 1951 film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lex Barker, Virginia Huston and Dorothy Dandridge. The film is the 15th in the Tarzan film series that began with 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man. Portions of the film were shot in Kenya, making it the first Tarzan film to be filmed in Africa, although the majority of its location shooting occurred in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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