
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York. At a trial over custody of Boy, Tarzan becomes violent and is jailed. With the help of the pilot's girlfriend Tarzan (who has since escaped, diving off the Brooklyn Bridge) finds the circus. He and the circus elephants complete the classic rescue.... (Full plot summary below)
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Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York. At a trial over custody of Boy, Tarzan becomes violent and is jailed. With the help of the pilot's girlfriend Tarzan (who has since escaped, diving off the Brooklyn Bridge) finds the circus. He and the circus elephants complete the classic rescue.
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| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumWild plot has the ape man swinging on the Brooklyn Bridge. (Insert Tarzan yell here.) |
| User ReviewVan RAlthough it touts the adolescent antics of a typical Tarzan outing, â??Tarzan Escapesâ?? director Jerry Thorpe's "Tarzan's New York Adventure" amounts to more than the usual vine mess, with chimpanzee Cheetah stealing every scene in sight. Indeed, "Tarzan's New York Adventure" qualifies as an amusing but exciting fish-out-of-water fable with the Lord of the Apes winging his way in â??an iron birdâ?? with Jane to the Big Apple to rescue Boy from the clutches of a villainous circus promoter. The sixth installment in the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer franchise, with Olympic swimmer Johnny Weissmuller as the eponymous character with pretty Maureen O'Sullivan at his back (in her final "Tarzan" opus), is exhilarating stuff. Clearly a notch above prior "Tarzan" fare, â??Tarzanâ??s New York Adventureâ?? confronts the Ape Man with interesting challenges, such as his spectacular dive off the Brooklyn Bridge. While it ranks as little more than a nimble black & white, B-picture lensed on the studio backlot, with some convincing rear-screen projection, but this "Tarzan" tale stacks up one surprise after the other in rapid succession, with Thorpe paring everything down to a trim 73 minutes. Scenarists Miles Connolly of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," Gordon Kahn of "A Yank on the Burma Road, and William R. Lipman of "Little Miss Marker" supplement this Edgar Rice Burroughs' inspired epic with an insightful commentary that compares the simple-minded morality of the African jungle, where Tarzan and his family reside in modest comfort, with the corruption of contemporary American society. In a sense, "Tarzan's New York Adventure" emerges as a sort of science fiction saga with its ethnologic exploration of the rural world of remote African with urban world of New York City. Of course, untamed Africa bristled with many dangerous four-legged beasts, but these animal predators cannot rival the predatory humans of New York City. Meantime, it is hilarious to watch Tarzan decked out in a double-breasted suit and tie. Several decades would elapse before Tarzan would don such civilized apparel in director Robert Day's "Tarzan and the Valley of Gold" (1966) toplining former Pittsburgh Steelers player Mike Henry. |
| User ReviewScott WOne of the best of the Tarzan series, this is lots of fun, especially seeing Cheetah run amok in a hotel suite with Jane's toiletries! |
| User ReviewTuomo TMuutama aiempi osa alkoi toistaa jo liikaa samoja juttuja mutta tässä saatiin vähän piristystä kun sijoittui tutuksi käyneen viidakon sijaan betoniviidakkoon. |
| User ReviewGreg Wgreat Tarzan film. much better then the last 2 before it. |
| User ReviewJames H8.5/10. This is my favorite Tarzan movie, perhaps technically it may not be the best, it is the one I found most entertaining. Taking Tarzan out of the jungle is a fascinating twist, and cheetah is at his most hilarious! Great fun. |
| User ReviewKevin Bnot the best from this bunch but hey its nice to have a change of local ever so often |
| User ReviewDonald WSilly "Crocodile Dundee" fish-out-of-water story is a welcome change of pace for the series. Tarzan, Jane and Cheetah go to New York to find the kidnapped Boy. This was also the last appearance in the series by Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane, who is sorely missed in the subsequent films. |
| User ReviewPaul DTarzan out of his jungle makes for a slightly refreshing storyline which amuses in places. First of all he's in a suit, and secondly he brings Cheetah! |
| User ReviewJason JTarzan goes to New York to rescue Boy from a greedy circus owner. It's funny to see Tarzan out of his natural environment and in a modern concrete jungle.. |