Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
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| Tarzan's Greatest Adventure | |
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| Directed by | John Guillermin |
| Produced by | Harvey Hayutin Sy Weintraub |
| Written by | Les Crutchfield based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring | Gordon Scott Anthony Quayle Sara Shane Sean Connery Al Mulock Scilla Gabel Niall MacGinnis |
| Music by | Douglas Gamley |
| Distributed by | Solar Films |
| Release date(s) | 1959 |
| Running time | 88min. |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Tarzan's Fight for Life |
| Followed by | Tarzan the Magnificent |
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 adventure film directed by John Guillermin, produced by Sy Weintraub and Harvey Hayutin, and written by Les Crutchfield (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs). The film features a literate Tarzan portrayed by Gordon Scott. The character of Jane does not appear. Cheeta appears only during one line ("So long, Cheeta"). Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery (just before he became famous as the first cinematic James Bond) co-star as villains.
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This film was the first color Tarzan filmed entirely in Africa. It also portrayed a grittier, more realistic Tarzan who could be as savage as his opponents but could also speak eloquently and politely to a woman (Sara Shane) who gets involved in the plot.
It heralded a whole new direction for Tarzan films under the leadership of producer Sy Weintraub (who soon bought out partner Hayutin), who continued to portray the Ape man as literate in the follow-up Tarzan the Magnificent, and in the films in the 1960s starring Jock Mahoney and Mike Henry as Tarzan.
[edit] References
Essoe, Gabe, Tarzan of the Movies, 1968, The Citadel Press
