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Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)

Rating: ★★

May 22, 2014Jungle Hero

The second of Lex Barker's Tarzan films, another traipse through the studio backlot jungle sets and well-worn formula - lost cities, mysterious tribes, Jane abducted, Cheeta comic relief antics - with little to distinguish it

Director: Lee Sholem

Actors: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Arthur Shields, Robert Alda, …

Category: Fantasy

22 May 201413 January 2026 by Roog

Tarzan’s Peril (1951)

Rating: ★★

May 26, 2016Jungle Hero

The fifteenth of the MGM/RKO Tarzan films and third starring Lex Barker. What makes this stand out is that it was the first Tarzan film to go and shoot in Africa, otherwise it follows exactly the same well-worn formula as before and has one of the worst screens Janes ever

Director: Byron Haskin

Actors: Lex Barker, Virginia Huston, George Macready, Douglas Fowley, …

Category: Fantasy

26 May 201619 April 2022 by Roog

Tarzan’s Savage Fury (1952)

Rating: ★★

Apr 10, 2019Jungle Hero

Fourth of the Lex Barker Tarzan films. Barker is less stiff in the role but this is otherwise as formulaic as they come. The distinction this has is that it is one of the few films that mention Tarzan's origins and that it features a Communist villain

Director: Cy Endfield

Actors: Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles

Category: Fantasy

10 April 201927 December 2021 by Roog