Tarzan Escapes (1936)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 7
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Release Date: Nov 6, 1936 Wide

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Produced under the working title The Capture of Tarzan, Tarzan Escapes was completely refilmed before release, eviscerating several blood-curdling sequences involving killer pygmies, torture murders and vampire bats. Wearing considerably more clothing than in 1934's Tarzan and His Mate, Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) and Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) have taken up residence in their gadget-laden treehouse, replete with animal-powered elevator. Two of Jane's British relatives (Benita Hume and Willam

Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Classics, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Richard Thorpe

In Theaters: Nov 6, 1936 Wide

On DVD: Jul 25, 1991

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Cast

Johnny Weissmuller
Tarzan
Maureen O'Sullivan
Jane Parker
John Buckler
Capt. Fry
Benita Hume
Rita Parker
William Henry
Eric Parker
Herbert Mundin
Herbert Henry Rawlins
E.E. Clive
Masters the Resident
Darby Jones
Bomba
Cheta the Chimp
Itself

Critic Reviews for Tarzan Escapes

All Critics (11) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

An above average film.

August 7, 2012 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

begins the downward, juvenile trend of tarzan mgm movies.

June 21, 2007

Bob Bloom

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Formula Tarzan starring the best of the banana bunch.

October 16, 2004

Steve Crum

Kansas City Kansan Source: Kansas City Kansan

Where the Tarzan series starts going south

June 29, 2004 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Superior Tarzan flick that might have been great before it was censored.

September 11, 2003

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

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The third Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movie is one of the worst. This was a rehash of the first two movies. Sometimes they used the same of leftover footage. The plot of the movie is that Jane's cousins come to Africa to find her and bring her back to clam her inheritance. They hire a evil safari guide to take them to Tarzan. He brings a steel cage to capture Tarzan and bring him back to civilization. In order to get there they have to get past a tribe of evil black natives. All the African natives in Tarzan movies are either fearful porters used as human pack animals or savage hostiles killing everyone they come in contact with. When they find Tarzan and Jane, they are living in a tree house with an elephant powered elevator and a dining table with dishes and utensils. When they tell Jane why they came, Tarzan turns into a pussy whipped wimp. At some point Tarzan lets himself get locked in the steel cage. Everyone gets captured by the evil natives and Tarzan is freed by a couple of elephants. Tarzan rescues Jane with an elephant stampede. When I was a kid they showed all these Tarzan movies on Saturday afternoon TV and I watched all of them. I don't remember this one, probably because everything in this movie is a repeat of the first two movies. The only time Tarzan fights a wild animal is when he fights a crocodile to save a fawn. But it was just the same fight they filmed for Tarzan and His Mate. Then at the end of the movie Jane's cousins decide, "Oh, you don't have to come back to England. We just need your signature."

August 21, 2008

Donald White

What might have been. This could have been one of the best Tarzan movies of all time, except that there had to have been several cuts made because the movie was deemed to scary. Weissmuller and O'Sullivan were on top of their game as Tarzan and Jane. I really got a kick out of the supporting character, Rawlins. Maybe it was me, but Cheetah seemed really malicious or jealous of Tarzan. Oh well still an pretty good movie though.

January 25, 2008

Ken Doers

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