Movie
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Overview
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.
Details
- Release date
- 1942-05-01
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Johnny Weissmüller as Tarzan
- Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane
- Johnny Sheffield as Boy
- Virginia Grey as Connie Beach
- Charles Bickford as Buck Rand
- Paul Kelly as Jimmie Shields
- Chill Wills as Manchester Montford
- Cy Kendall as Col. Ralph Sergeant
- Russell Hicks as Judge Abbotson
- Howard Hickman as Tarzan's Lawyer Blake Norton
- Charles Lane as Sargent's Lawyer Gould Beaton
- Miles Mander as Portmaster
Crew
- Richard Thorpe - Director
- Myles Connolly - Screenplay
- William R. Lipman - Screenplay
- Myles Connolly - Story
- Edgar Rice Burroughs - Characters
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