Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, w... Read allTarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.
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Tony Curtis, though it should go without saying, is absolutely superb in it. The overacting involved in his part really just makes his role so funny. He plays the ex cop father of the love interest who occasionally masquerades as a main part, and adds a touch of (intended) humour to the film.
Everyone should watch it at least once just for the experience, and as it is the perfect TV movie it should be on somewhere soon!
Tarzan goes to New York to rescue a chimpanzee Cheetah which is kidnapped by a cruel animal experimenter and is helped by a taxi driver and her father who runs a private security agency.
After seeing the modest reviews of the film i didn't have any strong expectation from the film but surprisingly the film turned out to be a decent entertaining film if not great.
The plot of the film is average and is filled with revenge story depicting good vs bad and has a mandatory love story. The film has good humor, some decent action scenes, some really funny scenes with a pinch of romance and is been backed by great acting, good screenplay and decent ending.
The film might not be on the list of a must watch film but still the film will never disappoint you and can be watched once.
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- TriviaJoe Lara would later auditioned as Tarzan in Tarzán (1991) which he lost to Wolf Larson, but star as Tarzan in the unrelated series Les Aventures fantastiques de Tarzan (1996).
- GoofsBeginning at 8:28 - 8:30 minutes into the show, and 8:36, and finally at 9:06 for a close-up, when Tarzan is in Joseph's shop, in Africa, unless Joseph purchased one elsewhere, there is a South American Blue and Gold/Catalina (?) Macaw perched there. You can call it an "Errors in Geography" or "Factual Mistake" or "Miscellaneous."
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Joseph: Well, like the song says 'Give my regards to Broadway'. You can still change your mind
Tarzan: No. I must go, Joseph
Joseph: OK. But remember: you're going to be up against something stronger than poison darts, more cunning than killer snakes, and fiercer than Simba the Lion.
Tarzan: What is that?
Joseph: New Yorkers!
Tarzan: New Yorkers
Joseph: This is as far as I can go. I didn't want to break this to you before but you can't take the knife
Tarzan: Won't I need it against the New Yorkers, Joseph?
Joseph: Yes. But they won't let you take it on the plane.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Best TV Shows That Never Were (2004)
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Written by Kookoo Baya, Grace Jones and Dana Mano
performed by Grace Jones
courtesy of Island Records
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