| Tarzan and the She-Devil | |
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| Directed by | Kurt Neumann |
| Written by | Karl Kamb Carroll Young |
| Based on | Characters created byEdgar Rice Burroughs |
| Produced by | Sol Lesser |
| Starring | Lex Barker Joyce MacKenzie Raymond Burr Monique van Vooren Tom Conway |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Edited by | Leon Barsha |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
Production company | Sol Lesser Productions |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Tarzan and the She-Devil is a 1953 American film directed byKurt Neumann and starringLex Barker asTarzan andJoyce MacKenzie asJane.[2] The seventeenth film of theTarzan film series that began with 1932'sTarzan the Ape Man, it also featuresRaymond Burr,Tom Conway andMonique van Vooren, who plays the "She-Devil."[3]
Tarzan is held captive during much of the film, and critics derided it as lacking action.[citation needed] This was Barker's fifth and final appearance asEdgar Rice Burroughs' ape-man. Barker, who had replacedJohnny Weissmuller in the role of Tarzan, would be succeeded byGordon Scott withTarzan's Hidden Jungle in 1955.
Beautiful but deadly Lyra the She-Devil and her ivory-hunting friends have discovered a large herd of bull elephants and plot to capture them, forcing an East African native tribe to serve as bearers. Their ivory poaching plans meet opposition when Tarzan gives his deafening jungle cry. The tusked creatures come running, stomping all over Lyra's plans.[4][5]
Hal Erickson writes inAllmovie that many scenes in the film "were lifted from the 1934Frank Buck documentaryWild Cargo.[6]
TheRadio Times said "despite the exotic title and a great villain inRaymond Burr, this is a standard tale of ivory-seeking elephant hunters being stymied by the king of the jungle."[7] ThePittsburgh Post-Gazette said "the plot has something to do with illegal elephant hunting" and that "Cheta, the performingchimp, steals what there is of the show."[8]
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