Summary
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.
Details
Release Date: March 30, 1984
Runtime: 143 minutes
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (483 votes)
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Cast
Christopher Lambert
John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Andie MacDowell
Miss Jane Porter
Ralph Richardson
The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm
Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox
Lord Charles Esker
Cheryl Campbell
Lady Alice Clayton
Ian Charleson
Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport
Major Jack Downing
Nicholas Farrell
Sir Hugh Belcher
Richard Griffiths
Captain Billings
Paul Geoffrey
Lord John Clayton
Hilton McRae
Willy
David Suchet
Buller
Paul Brooke
Rev Stimson
Tristram Jellinek
Chalky White
Roddy Maude-Roxby
Olivestone
Peter Elliott
Silverbeard, Primate Father
John Alexander
White Eyes, Primate Leader
Mak Wilson
Figs, Tarzan's Follower
Deep Roy
Primate
Kiran Shah
Primate
Philip Tan
Primate
Martin Pallot
Primate
George Antoni
Primate
Harriet Thorpe
Iris (uncredited)