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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Adventure's Mightiest Hero Lives His Mightiest Adventure!

19595.31h 28m

Overview

The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.

Directed by John Guillermin
Written by John Guillermin, Berne Giler, Edgar Rice Burroughs
Box OfficeBudget: $7500

Top Cast

Gordon Scott

Gordon Scott

Tarzan

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Slade

Sara Shane

Sara Shane

Angie

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Kruger

Sean Connery

Sean Connery

O'Bannion

Al Mulock

Al Mulock

Dino

Scilla Gabel

Scilla Gabel

Toni

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Themes & Keywords

tarzanquicksand

About Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure is a adventure film released in 1959 exploring themes of tarzan, quicksand. Directed by John Guillermin, it stars Gordon Scott, Anthony Quayle, Sara Shane. The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.

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Tarzan(2013)

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One of the most classic and revered stories of all time, Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan returns to the big screen for a new generation. Tarzan and Jane face a mercenary army dispatched by the evil CEO of Greystoke Energies, a man who took over the company from Tarzan's parents, after they died in a plane crash in the African jungle.