Tarzan's Desert Mystery

"CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!"

1943 1h 10m EN

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 52

ActionAdventure

Synopsis

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A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum extractable from jungle plants. Tarzan and Boy set out across the desert looking for the plants. Along the way they befriend a stranded American lady magician.

“CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!”

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Cast

Johnny Weissmüller
Tarzan
Nancy Kelly
Connie Bryce
Johnny Sheffield
Boy
Otto Kruger
Paul Hendrix
Joe Sawyer
Karl Straeder
Lloyd Corrigan
Sheik Abdul El Khim
Robert Lowery
Prince Selim
Frank Puglia
Magistrate

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wilhelm Thiele
Writers: Edward T. Lowe Jr., Carroll Young
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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83 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, shot by Harry J. Wild. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ray H. Lockert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Johnny Weissmüller and Nancy Kelly and Johnny Sheffield carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Wilhelm Thiele directs. Harry J. Wild behind the camera. Ray H. Lockert cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
283 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Wilhelm Thiele, shot by Harry J. Wild. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Ray H. Lockert shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Johnny Weissmüller and Nancy Kelly and Johnny Sheffield carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!".
9IMDB entry: tt0035795 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 52 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry J. Wild
Editing: Ray H. Lockert
Runtime: 70 min · 1h 10m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Part of

Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection

Tarzan is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer