***SPOILERS*** Unintentionally hilarious WWII propaganda flick done in all seriousness, which makes it so funny, with the peace loving ani-gun and isolationist jungle man Tarzan, Johnny Weismuller, throwing away his pacifist ideas and taking the fight to the Nazis together with his jungle friends , lions elephants and chimpanzees, with all the fury of a summer monsoon.
Like the famous Jimmy Durante quote "Everybody wants to get inta the Act" it was only a matter of time that Tarzan who was completely natural in the war between the allies and Nazi Germany would ends up joining the allies not because of anything what the Nazis were doing in Europe and North Africa but in his home ground darkest Africa! The evil Nazis lead by paratroop commander Col.Von Reichart, Stanley Ridges, had taken over the lost city of Palandrya and enslaved it's peace loving population to do the heavy lifting in mining and drilling the areas rich oil and mineral reserves. It's Tarzan's new girlfriend, with Jane now in London caring for her sick mom, Zandra, Frances Gifford, who gets the jungle man to take on the Nazis after they kidnapped his son Boy "The Boy Wonder", Johnny Sheffield.
Tarzan as mad as a raging cape buffalo in that his private world, as well as son Boy, were being abused by the Nazis really goes bananas as he swings into action against them. In no time at all Tarzan has all the jungle animals as well as the now liberated and both now armed and non-passive Palandryans go on the warpath against the hated Nazi scum who thought that they could pull over them what they've been pulling over the occupied European population for the last three years. I noticed in the film that even though it was supposed to take place in darkest Africa there was not a single African or African/American actor in its entire cast?
***SPOILERS***Memerable finale sequence with Tarzan chasing the now on the run, from the wild animals in the jungle, Col. Von Reichart taunting him by calling Col. Von Reichart "Nazi" which in Tarzan not being quite able to pronoun the world correctly sounded as if he was calling for ride by saying "Taxi". As things turned out it was one of Tarzan's jungle friends, a 500 pond lion, who ended up doing the colonel in by having him for lunch. We of course can't forget the real hero in the film, like he's in all Tarzan movies, Cheeta the friendly and mischievous chimpanzee who steals the show with both his crazy and monkey-like antics as well as his imitation of the Nazi German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler!
Like the famous Jimmy Durante quote "Everybody wants to get inta the Act" it was only a matter of time that Tarzan who was completely natural in the war between the allies and Nazi Germany would ends up joining the allies not because of anything what the Nazis were doing in Europe and North Africa but in his home ground darkest Africa! The evil Nazis lead by paratroop commander Col.Von Reichart, Stanley Ridges, had taken over the lost city of Palandrya and enslaved it's peace loving population to do the heavy lifting in mining and drilling the areas rich oil and mineral reserves. It's Tarzan's new girlfriend, with Jane now in London caring for her sick mom, Zandra, Frances Gifford, who gets the jungle man to take on the Nazis after they kidnapped his son Boy "The Boy Wonder", Johnny Sheffield.
Tarzan as mad as a raging cape buffalo in that his private world, as well as son Boy, were being abused by the Nazis really goes bananas as he swings into action against them. In no time at all Tarzan has all the jungle animals as well as the now liberated and both now armed and non-passive Palandryans go on the warpath against the hated Nazi scum who thought that they could pull over them what they've been pulling over the occupied European population for the last three years. I noticed in the film that even though it was supposed to take place in darkest Africa there was not a single African or African/American actor in its entire cast?
***SPOILERS***Memerable finale sequence with Tarzan chasing the now on the run, from the wild animals in the jungle, Col. Von Reichart taunting him by calling Col. Von Reichart "Nazi" which in Tarzan not being quite able to pronoun the world correctly sounded as if he was calling for ride by saying "Taxi". As things turned out it was one of Tarzan's jungle friends, a 500 pond lion, who ended up doing the colonel in by having him for lunch. We of course can't forget the real hero in the film, like he's in all Tarzan movies, Cheeta the friendly and mischievous chimpanzee who steals the show with both his crazy and monkey-like antics as well as his imitation of the Nazi German Fuhrer Adolph Hitler!