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and the Valley of Gold was progressing for a Christmas
1965 release, Weintraub was organising for the cast and crew
to fly to Brazil to commence work on the second Mike Henry film.
By late August 1965 Henry and the company were in Rio
De Janeiro. The plan was that after the completion of
shooting on Great River they would take a short break
and then begin work on the TV series. Unfortunately, the
shooting schedule was badly disrupted in the second week of
shooting when Dinky the chimp bit Mike Henry on the chin, inflicting
a wound that required 20 stitches. Henry then suffered
from some kind of "monkey fever" delirium for three
days. The script was rewritten to allow the crew to work
without Henry and Dinky had to be destroyed. A different
animal was used in the later scenes. The film also starred
Manuel Padilla Jr, who had previously played the role of Pepe
in Tarzan and the Valley of Gold. He would also
become a regular playing Jai in the Ron Ely Tarzan TV
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APE CRY
• Click on the image at right to hear the ape cry used
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| PLOT - Note:
Spoiler warning |
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• Tarzan is once again called
by an old friend to help deal with a difficult situation. A
ruthless madman named Barcuna leads a cult of jaguar worshippers
that are burning the local natives' villages and enslaving them
to work in the cult's diamond mine. Tarzan, accompanied
by Baron the lion and his old friend, Cheta the chimp, team
up with Sam Bishop, the cynical captain of a rusty old cargo
boat and Pepe, his young deck hand. They encounter Dr
Ann Phillips whose jungle hospital has been destroyed by Barcuna.
They all travel on to Marakeet where Dr Phillips inoculates
the residents against a plague epidemic they are suffering from
(above). Tarzan then goes after Barcuna. At the
diamond mine Tarzan denounces Barcuna in front of his followers
and challenges him to a fight to the death atop a high scaffold
(left). The two fighters plunge to the river below where
Tarzan finally succeeds in drowning Barcuna. Bishop, Pepe
and Dr Ann farewell Tarzan, who is staying on to rebuild what
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| MOVING PICTURES |
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| LOBBT CARDS |
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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
a Heritage
Auctions item
• Both photos are screenshots taken 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
• Visit Brian J. Walker's site, Brian's
Drive In and see his Mike Henry pages: Mike
Henry Page & Mike
Henry Tarzan Gallery
CAPTURE
• 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, nonprofit, fan-based analysis of the Tarzan material
is copyright © 2002-2007 Paul Wickham
This page was updated January 2008
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