Tarzan and the Trappers

Tarzan and the Trappers
Tarzan and the Trappers
Directed by	Charles F. Haas; Sandy Howard; H. Bruce Humberstone (uncredited)
Written by	Frederick Schlick, Robert Leach
Based on	Characters created; by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	Gordon Scott; Eve Brent; Rickie Sorensen; Lesley Bradley
Cinematography	William Snyder; Alan Stensvold
Edited by	George Gittens
Music by	Audrey Granville
Distributed by	Sol Lesser Productions
Release date	March 21, 1960;
Running time	70-74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tarzan and the Trappers is a 1960 action adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Gordon Scott, Eve Brent, Rickie Sorensen and Lesley Bradley. The twentieth film of the Tarzan film series that began with 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man, it was filmed in 1958 as three pilot episodes for a television series which were edited into a feature film when the project was abandoned. As a television project, it was shot in black-and-white rather than color, like other contemporary Tarzan films, including Tarzan's Fight for Life, released later the same year.^[1] The film did finally appear on television, but only in 1966. It was shot in Chatsworth, California.

Plot

The idyllic jungle life of Tarzan (Gordon Scott), Jane (Eve Brent) and Tartu (Rickie Sorensen) is interrupted by a drum message telling them of predatory hunters loose in the jungle. Tarzan disrupts the animal-collecting expedition of the hunters, Schroeder (Lesley Bradley) and Rene (Maurice Marsac); he frees a baby elephant whose mother they have killed and then leads the elephant herd against them when they make hostages of Tartu and Cheeta the chimp.

Afterwards he warns off two other hunters, Sikes (Saul Gorse) and Lapin (William Keene), seeking to plunder the lost city of Zarbo. He is attacked by their men, but escapes and shadows their party. Aware of Tarzan's continued presence, the hunters capture his native friend Tyana (Sherman Crothers), and trap the ape man when he tries to free him. Tyana's tribe rescues the two. Finally, the hunters reach Zarbo, but find it empty of both people and treasure. In a final conflict, Tarzan overcomes the villains, who are then turned over to the authorities by the natives.

Cast

Gordon Scott as Tarzan
Eve Brent as Jane
Rickie Sorensen as Tartu
Lesley Bradley as Schroeder
Maurice Marsac as Rene
Bruce Lester as Commissioner Brandini
Naaman Brown as Tribesman
Paul Thompson as Tribesman
Carl Christian as Tribesman
Sol Gorss as Sikes (as Saul Gorse)
William Keene as Lapin
Sherman Crothers as Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Witch Woman
Paul Stader as Sikes' Henchman
Don Blackman as Tribesman

References

^ Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 219–221. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

External links

Tarzan and the Trappers at IMDb
Tarzan and the Trappers at AllMovie
Tarzan and the Trappers at the TCM Movie Database
Tarzan and the Trappers is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Tarzan and the Trappers entry on "Down Memory Lane with Tarzan (Gordon Scott)"
Tarzan and the Trappers entry on At-A-Glance Film Reviews
ERBzine Silver Screen: Tarzan and the Trappers

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[1] Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 219–221. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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