Product Details

• Actors: Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, John Buckler, Benita Hume, William Henry
• Directors: George B. Seitz, James C. McKay, John Farrow, Richard Thorpe, William A. Wellman
• Writers: Cyril Hume, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Edwin H. Knopf, Jack Cummings
• Producers: Bernard H. Hyman
• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Warner)
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302120462
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #207,965 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny Weissmuller is the preeminent Tarzan, October 21, 2000

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gobirds2 (New England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tarzan Escapes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a tough and mean Tarzan movie. Johnny Weissmuller was the best of the loincloth-clad heroes and he gets you cheering in this one. It's good vs. evil all the way. Code of the Jungle. A favorite of mine, this excellent film is a real testament to the notion of "kill or be killed." This is a good hard-hitting action and adventure tale. It contains discriminating effects and ravishing photography. Good supporting cast. Great score. The villains once again meet their match in this realistic drama. A good one.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fastpaced and violent, September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tarzan Escapes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Tarzan Escapes! is the most actiondriven of all the MGM productions consisting O'Sullivan and Weissmüller as the rulers of the jungle. It also has its moments of intelligence and ethical challenges, as when Tarzan escapes a trap and is led to believe by the slimy Captain Fry that Jane has decided to leave him in the hands of fateand bad will of his antagonist, incarnated in the body of a greedy safari. Then Tarzan, stricken with grieve over is beloved Jane's alleged betrayal, sadly enters the cage himself. Of course, everything turns out well, with the elephants (the cavalry!) coming to rescue, and the bad men being punished. A rare moment of Christian forgiveness, Tarzan pardons the black servant Bomba when he kneels before him in the climax of the end, when the bill has to be payed. But the stubborn and ill-hearted Captain Fry receives what is deserved upon the unrepentant, a gruesome death in the smoking swamps within the cave of death. Justice is being served, and once again, and thanks to it's monosyllabillic patriarc, the peace of the jungle is being restored.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Edge-of-your-seat-adventure, February 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Tarzan Escapes [VHS] (VHS Tape)

It all starts when Jane's cousins come to Africa to get her to go to London and sign a will leaving her a couple hundred grand. Jane must decide whether or not to go. When it was first released it included lizards and other scary stuff, it devastated audiences, it even scarred people for life. Then it was re-worked and re-released-a big hit.