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Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)

Tarzan's Savage Fury poster
Directed by
Cy Endfield
Genre
action film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Tarzan and Jane encounter a man who claims to be a lost relative but has hidden intentions. They must deal with his schemes in the jungle.

adventurousclassicstraightforwardmildly suspensefulenergeticearnestdated

What happens

Tarzan's Savage Fury is a 1952 film directed by Cy Endfield and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Dorothy Hart as Jane, and Patric Knowles, serving as the sixteenth film of the Tarzan film series that began with 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man. While most Tarzan films of this series in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s presented Tarzan as a very different character from the one in Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels, this movie does make some allusions to the novels. It was shot in Chatsworth, California's Iverson Movie Ranch. The film was the last to be directed by Cyril "Cy" Endfield in the US. Finding himself one of Hollywood's film-makers blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee he moved to Britain. The film was co-written by Cyril Hume, who'd contributed substantially to the "Tarzan" series back in its bigger budget MGM days. At 81 minutes, this is the longest Tarzan film since Tarzan's Secret Treasure in 1941. The film was followed by Tarzan and the She-Devil in 1953. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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