After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.
Leslie Bradley
- Schroeder
- (as Lesley Bradley)
Scatman Crothers
- Tyana
- (as Sherman Crothers)
Gil Perkins
- Sikes' Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Charles F. Haas
- Sandy Howard
- H. Bruce Humberstone(uncredited)
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaOriginally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie after all three networks (this was before all the cable channels) rejected the series.
- GoofsTarzan breaks the chain holding the baby elephant to the tree, leaving one end fastened around the elephant's leg, but a moment later we see the elephant walking away with no chain on his leg.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dark Jungle Theater: Tarzan and the Trappers (2016)
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Tarzan's rather mediocre adventure.
At six foot three inches, with a muscular frame, Gordon Scott cuts a fine figure as legendary ape-man Tarzan: he's perfectly cast, even though his hair is rarely out of place while swinging from vine to vine.
But as impressive as the ex-lifeguard is in the role, Tarzan and the Trappers isn't one of the character's more memorable cinematic adventures, the film being edited together from three episodes for a television series that never happened. The result is, unsurprisingly, rather episodic and cheap looking, with a scrappy narrative that sees Tarzan foiling the plans of a party of animal-trappers, one of whom wants revenge on the ape-man for having his brother sent to jail, while another seeks a fabled lost city.
The action is formulaic and rather dull, with only a couple of fun moments to break the tedium: Tarzan riding a giraffe, and Cheeta the chimp raiding a bee hive for honey, with inevitable results. What this film sorely needed was a man-eating plant, some quicksand, a giant spider, and a tribe of cannibals. Eve Brent adds a little welcome glamour as Jane, but Rickie Sorensen is a little too 'Leave It To Beaver' as Boy.
But as impressive as the ex-lifeguard is in the role, Tarzan and the Trappers isn't one of the character's more memorable cinematic adventures, the film being edited together from three episodes for a television series that never happened. The result is, unsurprisingly, rather episodic and cheap looking, with a scrappy narrative that sees Tarzan foiling the plans of a party of animal-trappers, one of whom wants revenge on the ape-man for having his brother sent to jail, while another seeks a fabled lost city.
The action is formulaic and rather dull, with only a couple of fun moments to break the tedium: Tarzan riding a giraffe, and Cheeta the chimp raiding a bee hive for honey, with inevitable results. What this film sorely needed was a man-eating plant, some quicksand, a giant spider, and a tribe of cannibals. Eve Brent adds a little welcome glamour as Jane, but Rickie Sorensen is a little too 'Leave It To Beaver' as Boy.
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- BA_Harrison
- Dec 20, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Tarzan and the Trappers (1960) officially released in Canada in English?
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