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Tarzan in Manhattan is a film of genre Action directed by Michael Schultz released in USA on 15 april 1989 with Joe Lara
Tarzan in Manhattan (1989)
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Add to a movie listTarzan in Manhattan (1989) is an action adventure CBS television movie. Joe Lara portrays Tarzan, and Kim Crosby appears as Jane Porter. Tony Curtis and Jan-Michael Vincent co-star. The telefilm was produced by Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller and Gina Scheerer, written by Anna Sandor and William Gough (based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Michael Schultz. It aired on April 15, 1989.
Synopsis
Tarzan leaves Africa and goes to present-day New York City to seek vengeance for the murder of his Ape mother Kala, and to rescue Cheeta who was taken by hunters working for B. B. Brightmore (Jan-Michael Vincent) and his Brightmore Foundation. Soon Tarzan discovers this supposed philanthropic organization is conducting illegal tests on animal brains in an effort to transfer the thoughts and knowledge of one creature to another, and he sets out to rescue the animals and expose Brightmore. He is aided by Jane Porter (a cab driver, played by Kim Crosby) and her father, Archimedes "Archie" Porter (Tony Curtis), a retired police officer, now the head of his own security agency.Actors
Joe Lara
(Tarzan)
Tony Curtis
(Archimedes Porter)
Jan-Michael Vincent
(Brightmore)
Joe Seneca
(Joseph)
Oliver Muirhead
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, 1h8Directed by Robert Florey
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Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
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, 1h10Origin USA
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, 1h16Directed by Kurt Neumann
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Rating62%
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, 1h12Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
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, 2h15Directed by B. Subhash
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, 1h40Directed by Nick Grinde, Richard Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
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