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| BACKGROUND |
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Goes To India (1962), Sy Weintraub's third Tarzan film
as producer, was the biggest commercial success in Tarzan history.
Like the earlier film, Weintraub wanted to portray Tarzan
as a world traveller because fifty percent of the profits from
these films came from abroad. He was also determined to
include a small boy in the screenplay because of the popularity
of Jai, the elephant boy, in the previous film. Most of
the location shooting took place in northern Thailand between
February and April 1963. These colourful exotic locales
were responsible for making this film the most visually arresting
in the entire series. Jock Mahoney was now 44, making
him the oldest Tarzan ever, as Weissmuller had retired at 43.
He still did a lot of his own stunts, but it was a very
difficult picture for him. He was plagued by dysentery,
coupled with dengue fever and pheumonia. He lost 40 pounds
(18 kg) and in the later scenes he looks a little emaciated
beside Woody Strode's honed muscular physique. Several
years later Strode made several appearances on the Ron Ely
Tarzan
series and is seen in the film, Tarzan's
Deadly Silence (1970) (Essoe & Fury) |
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| APE CRY |
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The ape cry was not used in this film |
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PLOT - Note: Spoiler
warning
• Tarzan has accepted a mission as a favour to a friend and
travels to an oriental realm ruled by ancient customs to protect
Kashi, the young spiritual heir. Kashi is threatened by
Khan, the former leader's brother, who is plotting to usurp
the throne. Tarzan agrees to escort Kashi and his guardians,
Mang (photo above - far right) and Cho San (photo above - far
left), to the Crown City where the boy will be enthroned. The
party face many hardships on route and their guide, Hani (photo
above - second from right), is one of Khan's spies. Hani
starts a forest fire and Mang is killed in and underground temple
when they are attacked by Khan's men. Tarzan manages to
get Kashi and Cho San to the city safely. As Kashi is
ordained Khan invokes the Challenge of Might and Kashi nominates
Tarzan as his defender. Tarzan and Khan face many obstacles
tied together, but the challenge culminates in a sword fight
on a net over large pots of boiling oil. Tarzan kills
Khan, Kashi is crowned leader and the country is restored to
peace and stability. |
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| MOVING PICTURES |
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to see the trailer for this film: |
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| SOURCES |
• Tarzan of the
Movies by Gabe Essoe, 1968, The Citadel Press
• Kings
of the Jungle by David Fury, 1994, McFarland Classics
IMAGES
• The poster for this film was pilfered from an eBay auction
item
• Both photos are screenshots from my DVD of this film
• The video clip of the trailer for this
film was uploaded to Youtube by me specifically to embed in this web
page |
| LYNX |
• Read a review and rating
of this film at At-A-Glance
Film Reviews
• Read a Jock Mahoney filmography at The
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
• Read a Woody Strode filmography at The
Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
CAPTURE
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This film has never been released commercially but collectors sometimes
offer it on DVD on eBay
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TARZAN®
is the property of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., Tarzana CA.
This independent, fan-based analysis of the Tarzan material is copyright
© 2002-2008 Paul Wickham
This page was updated January 2008
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