Tarzan’s Peril (1951)

USA, 1951
78m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono, English

An American fantasy film directed by Byron Haskin.

Credits

* = uncredited

Crew
Directed by: Byron Haskin
Copyright MCMLI [1951] Sol Lesser Productions, Inc.
RKO Radio Oictures, Inc. presents
Produced by: Sol Lesser
Production Supervisor: Fred Ahern
Screenplay by: Samuel Newman and Francis Swann
Additional Dialogue: John Cousins
Based Upon the Characters Created by: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Director (African Production Personnel): Phil Brandon
Assistant Director: James Paisley
Photography: Karl Struss
Photography (African Production Personnel): Jack Whitehead
Film Editor: John Murray
Music by: Michel Michelet
Sound Technician: Fred Lau
Western Electric Recording
Wardrobe Supervisor: Wesley Jeffries
Makeup Artist: Don Cash
Art Direction: John Meehan
Production Assistants (African Production Personnel): Tony Dean, Peter Colemore
White Hunter (African Production Personnel): Buster Cooke
Locations: Death Valley National Park, California, USA *; Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA *; Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden, Arcadia, California, USA *; Mount Kenya, Kenya *

Cast
Lex Barker (Tarzan)
Virginia Huston (Jane)
George Macready (Radijeck)
Douglas Fowley (Trask)
Glenn Anders (Andrews)
Dorothy Dandridge (Queen Melmendi)
Alan Napier (Commissioner Peters)
Frederick O’Neal (King Bulam)
Edward Ashley (Mr Conners)
Walter Kingsford [Barney] *

Alternative Titles

Jungle Queen
Tarzan and the Jungle Queen – UK
Tarzán en peligro – Spain
Tarzan i fara – Sweden
Tarzan rettet die Dschungelgöttin – West Germany
Tarzan sul sentiero di guerra – Italy
Tarzan und die Dschungelgöttin – West Germany
Tarzan vaarassa – Finland
Tarzan’s Mate in Peril

References

Books

  • Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television by David Fury – review
  • Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.478 – credits
  • The RKO Features by James L. Neibaur p.244, 246 – credits, synopsis
  • RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956 by Michael R. Pitts pp.332-335