
Ivory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured. Jane is also captured and believed killed, so the despairing Tarzan endures endless torture until he learns she is alive. He rises to the occasion and leads his elephants in the usual victory stampede.... (Full plot summary below)
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Ivory poachers, headed by Lyra the She-Devil, Vargo and Fidel, capture a native tribe to carry their loot. Tarzan intervenes and is captured. Jane is also captured and believed killed, so the despairing Tarzan endures endless torture until he learns she is alive. He rises to the occasion and leads his elephants in the usual victory stampede.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThe villains Raymond Burr and Monique van Vooren pump some life into it. |
| User ReviewMarilee AThey are playing all the Tarzan movies again every Saturday on TCM, I forgot how Good They are |
| User ReviewPaul DNot so engaging Tarzan movie, which doesn't play out too well now anyway given it's about ivory poaching, however the female villain offers some substance. |
| User ReviewScott STarzan and the She-Devil (1953) -- [4.5] -- Lex Barker ends his five-film tenure as Tarzan with a bit of a whimper in "Tarzan and the She-Devil". The plot focuses around ivory poachers, lead by Raymond Burr and icy-cool Monique van Vooren, who enslave a peaceful native tribe to do all their grunt work. This installment had the potential for the greatest emotional impact, with Tarzan's tree-top home burnt to the ground and Jane presumed dead for the last half of the film. But neither the writers nor the actors are inclined to give the matinee serial any heft. Cheeta the Chimp is put the best use ever, though, trying desperately to free Tarzan from chains and secretly bringing the whipped, bleeding hero water when no one is looking. And while I normally roll my eyes at all the stock footage these films employ, there's a truly spectacular clip here in which a black panther is taken down by an enormous python. |
| User ReviewChristopher STypically hokey B-movie jungle adventure from the tired franchise never quite develops the camp entertainment the lurid title would suggest (the titular "She-Devil" is pretty disappointing). It's not unwatchable, the elephant rampage climax is fun, and it's a good example of the studio efficiency of the times, but overall pretty forgettable. |
| User ReviewAllan CNot so engaging Tarzan movie, which doesn't play out too well now anyway given it's about ivory poaching, however the female villain offers some substance. |