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Release year: 1943

Storyline

As World War II rages, a formation of German paratroopers land in the hidden city of Palandria to exploit its wealth and they start taking hostages. Can Tarzan, the king of the jungle, and his animal companions Cheeta and Buli save them?

Top credits

Directors

Wilhelm Thiele

Writers

Cast

Johnny Weissmuller — Tarzan
Frances Gifford — Zandra
Johnny Sheffield — Boy
Stanley Ridges — Colonel von Reichart

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Did you know

• M-G-M was unwilling to let RKO use their recording of Johnny Weissmuller's signature "Tarzan yell," which had accompanied the character as he swung through the jungle clinging to vines in every Metro Tarzan film. The one heard here is a much shorter, less robust rendition, and clearly not the original version.

• Jane's absence was explained in a letter saying that she was visiting relatives in England. Maureen O'Sullivan was sick of playing Jane, but her absence probably had more to do with the fact that the franchise had switched from MGM to RKO, and O'Sullivan was an MGM contract player.

• Sig Ruman (this film's bumbling German sergeant) experienced a career resurgence during World War II, frequently cast as a comic relief Nazi like the one he plays here.