Tarzan and the She-Devil

A much tamer Tarzan than heretofore cavorts in Tarzan and the She-Devil resulting in film being a tedious affair for a goodly portion of its 75 minutes. Keeping the hero a tied-up captive for a long stretch wasn't hep scripting.

A much tamer Tarzan than heretofore cavorts in Tarzan and the She-Devil resulting in film being a tedious affair for a goodly portion of its 75 minutes. Keeping the hero a tied-up captive for a long stretch wasn't hep scripting.

A much tamer Tarzan than heretofore cavorts in Tarzan and the She-Devil resulting in film being a tedious affair for a goodly portion of its 75 minutes. Keeping the hero a tied-up captive for a long stretch wasn’t hep scripting.

Yarn pits Tarzan against a group of ivory thieves. The baddies want the ape man’s help in rounding up a large herd of elephants, and when he refuses they try to capture his wife, Jane. She escapes into the jungle, however. When he sees their tree home burnt to the ground, Tarzan thinks Jane has been killed. The fight is out of him and he’s captured.

Lex Barker looks like a Tarzan should, and consequently comes across okay in the lead, while Joyce MacKenzie is acceptable as his vis-a-vis. Raymond Burr is good as one of the heavies, as is Tom Conway as another. Monique Van Vooren presents sex allure and nothing more as the gal who finances the ivory hunters.

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Kurt Neumann’s direction is on the slow side, but then he wasn’t given much to work with. Karl Struss’ camerawork is average.

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Tarzan and the She-Devil

  • Production: Lesser/RKO. Director Kurt Neumann; Producer Sol Lesser; Screenplay Karl Kamb, Carroll Young; Camera Karl Struss; Editor Leon Barsha; Music Paul Sawtell; Art Director Carroll Clark
  • Crew: (B&W) Extract of a review from 1953. Running time: 75 MIN.
  • With: Lex Barker Joyce MacKenzie Raymond Burr Monique Van Vooren Tom Conway Michael Grainger

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