Tarzan’s New York Adventure (1942)

Action, Adventure, General Film

Director: Richard Thorpe

Writer(s): Myles Connolly, William R. Lipman, Myles Connolly (from a story by), Edgar Rice Burroughs (based upon the characters created by), Gordon Kahn

Starring: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O’Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly, Chill Wills, Cy Kendall, Russell Hicks, Howard Hickman, Charles Lane, Miles Mander, Matthew Boulton, Wade Boteler, Bill Cartledge, Hobart Cavanaugh, Eddy Chandler, Ken Christy, Inez Cooper, Jules Cowles, Marjorie Deanne, Dudley Dickerson, John Dilson, James Dime, Mike Donovan, William Forrest, Willie Fung, Anne Jeffreys, Darby Jones, Eddie Kane, Milton Kibbee, Paul Kruger, Eddie Lee, James B. Leong, Elmo Lincoln, Jack Low, George Magrill, Frank Marlowe, Patrick McVey, Harry Monty, Mantan Moreland, Dorothy Morris, Philip Morris, Frank O’Connor, George Offerman Jr., Ted Oliver, Harry Semels, William Tannen, Harry Tenbrook, Natalie Thompson, Emmett Vogan, Jasper Weldon, Dick Wessel, Harry Wilson, Florence Wright, Victor Zimmerman

Synopsis: 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.

Release Date: May 1942 (USA) | Length: 71 min | Genre: Action, Adventure |Certificate: Passed