Tarzan's Savage Fury
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| Directed by | Cy Endfield |
| Written by | Hans Jacoby |
| Based on | Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Starring | Lex Barker Dorothy Hart Patric Knowles |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
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81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tarzan's Savage Fury is a 1952 film starring Lex Barker as Tarzan, Dorothy Hart as Jane, and Patric Knowles. The movie was directed by Cy Endfield. While most Tarzan films of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s presented Tarzan as a very different character from the one in Edgar Rice Burroughs' novels, this movie does make some allusions to the novels. It was shot in Chatsworth, California's Iverson Ranch. The film was the last to be directed by Cyril "Cy" Endfield in the US. Finding himself one of Hollywood's film-makers blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee he moved to Britain.[2] The film was co-written by Cyril Hume, who'd contributed substantially to the "Tarzan" series back in its bigger budget MGM days.[3]
Plot
Tarzan agrees, against his better judgement, to guide British government agents Edwards and Rokov into the land of the Wazuri Tribe, to harvest uncut diamonds for national-defense purposes. But it transpires the agents are secretly criminals who intend to use the gems for their own sinister purposes. [3]
Cast
- Lex Barker as Tarzan
- Dorothy Hart as Jane
- Patric Knowles as Edwards, an English traitor
- Charles Korvin as Rokov, a Russian agent
- Tommy Carlton as Joseph 'Joey' Martin
- Wesley Bly as Native Captive (uncredited)
- Darby Jones as Witch Doctor (uncredited)
- Peter Mamakos as Pilot (uncredited)
- Bill Walker as Native Chief (uncredited)
Production
The film was originally known as Tarzan, the Hunted.[4]
Critical reception
The original Variety review[5] succinctly said, "A series of unexciting jungle heroics are offered..." Recent TV guides for re-run viewers say little more – The Radio Times, "plenty of action helps the story along" ; TV Guide, film was "uninteresting and slowly paced."
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Tarzan's Savage Fury at IMDb
References
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- ↑ Obituary : Cy Endfield. The Independent, UK, Friday 21 April 1995
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- ↑ 'SALLY, IRENE' SET AS NEW FOX MOVIE: IN LOCAL REVIVAL By THOMAS M. PRYOR Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 08 Aug 1951: 21.
- ↑ Variety, Review: ‘Tarzan’s Savage Fury’, December 31, 1951
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