Tarzan's Peril

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Audience Member Lex Barker is back as a Johnny Weissmuller's replacement as the new Tarzan and has a better than expected outing in this long running (and by this point rather played out) franchise. Tarzan finds himself as peacemaker between warring tribes (complete with racist stereotypes of African people, as was common for most of the Tarzan films), who've been stirred up by gunrunners. The supporting cast includes Virginia Huston, George Macready, Alan Napier, and of most interest is the casting of singer, dancer, actress Dorothy Dandridge as Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba, although her talents are painfully wasted on this juvenile material. Still, as juvenile as the material is, I did enjoy the man-eating plants and other jungle nonsense. Overall, it's nothing classic, but decent enough if you're a fan of Tarzan films. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Tarzan's Peril (1951) -- [5.5] -- Lex Barker's third outing in the loincloth has him caught up with gunrunners, warring tribes, and even a man-eating jungle plant. The script is more scatter-shot than usual, but Barker seems more comfortable in the role than before, playing Tarzan as less brutish and more talkative (though still a stranger to most pronouns and articles). Virginia Huston makes a terrible Jane -- you don't believe for a second that such a metropolitan woman would live, much less survive, in the jungle. Other supporting players do their best to elevate the material, including George Macready as the villainous Radijeck and Dorothy Dandridge as a defiant tribal queen. "Tarzan's Peril" is unique in that it is the first Tarzan film that actually shot in Africa, although it's fairly obvious none of the leading cast were on location. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The ending of this movie was so insipid and devoid of merit that you will need a can of deodorant to get through it; what a stinker! Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member lex+dorothy=good chemistry in this 1 Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Lex Barker took over as Tarzan, after, I think, they plain just wore oult Old Johnny Weismuller.Took awhile to get use to him, but I liked him too.The beautiful Dorothy Dandrich is in this!!!! Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member This one is notable for doing something that should of been done all along in a Tarzan movie, and that's featuring black actors in strong rolls. Other then that, it's more of the same of course. White guys fucking about the jungle get on Tarzan's tits and he sorts them all out. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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