Tarzan Goes to India

Tarzan Goes to India
Tarzan Goes to India
Directed by	John Guillermin
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews; based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Sy Weintraub
Starring	Jock Mahoney; Jai, The Elephant Boy; Leo Gordon; Mark Dana; Feroz Khan
Edited by	Max Benedict
Music by	Ken Jones
Distributed by	Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date	July 1962;
Running time	88 mins
Language	English

Tarzan Goes to India (1962) is the first film featuring Jock Mahoney as Tarzan. It was written by Robert Hardy Andrews and directed by John Guillermin who also directed Tarzan's Greatest Adventure. It was one of two Mahoney films that took Tarzan out of Africa and sent him to the Far East. It was a co-production between Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Synopsis

Tarzan is called to India to save three hundred elephants, that will be drowned if a dam is opened to create a man-made lake to power an electric plant. Tarzan is pitted against two engineers who ignore the catastrophic results their work will create.

Additional cast

The film also stars Indian Bollywood actors Feroz Khan, Simi Garewal and Murad in pivotal roles. It was followed by Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) which was set in Thailand.

Reception

The film recorded a loss of $178,000.^[1]

References

^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

External links

[Tarzan Goes to India ~ ERBzine Silver Screen: http://www.erbzine.com/mag19/1960.html]
Tarzan Goes to India at IMDb
Tarzan Goes to India at Rotten Tomatoes

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[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

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