Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Cast

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert

as John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

as Miss Jane Porter

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox

James Fox

as Lord Charles Esker

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

as Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson

as Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

as Major Jack Downing

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

as Sir Hugh Belcher

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

as Captain Billings

Reviews

John Chard

John, John, John of the jungle. Upon release mixed notices greeted this attempt to get to the crux of Edgar Rice Burroughs' jungle man creation, The Lord of the Apes, Tarzan. It's a bold movie in many ways, one of those occasions when a fondly thought of character from days of yore is given the s...

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