Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 adventure film directed by John Guillermin, produced by Sy Weintraub and Harvey Hayutin, and written by Les Crutchfield (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs). The film features a literate Tarzan portrayed by Gordon Scott. The character of Jane does not appear. Cheeta only appears a few times near the start of the film. Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery (just before he became famous as the fir...
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a 1959 adventure film directed by John Guillermin, produced by Sy Weintraub and Harvey Hayutin, and written by Les Crutchfield (based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs). The film features a literate Tarzan portrayed by Gordon Scott. The character of Jane does not appear. Cheeta only appears a few times near the start of the film. Anthony Quayle and Sean Connery (just before he became famous as the first cinematic James Bond) co-star as villains.
A native village is robbed, supposedly by natives. Before a man dies, he mentions the name "Slade". Black colouring is found on his hand so they know it is white people who did it, disguised as blacks. Tarzan arrives, remembering Slade from a year previously as a man who let 3 of his men die and has a grudge against him. A woman (Angie) turns up, Sanchez' latest woman, flying one of his planes. Later she buzzes Tarzan in his canoe, and crashes the plane so now Tarzan is stuck with her as he goes...
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