Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

"An Exotic Beauty Rules The Jungle !"

1946 1h 12m EN

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★5.7TMDB · 48

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Synopsis

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A tribe devoted to the leopard cult is dedicated to preventing civilization from moving further into Africa.

“An Exotic Beauty Rules The Jungle !”

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Cast

Johnny Weissmüller
Tarzan
Brenda Joyce
Jane
Johnny Sheffield
Boy
Acquanetta
Lea, the High Priestess
Edgar Barrier
Dr. Ameer Lazar
Dennis Hoey
Commissioner
Tommy Cook
Kimba
Anthony Caruso
Mongo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kurt Neumann
Writers: Carroll Young, Carroll Young
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kurt Neumann, shot by Karl Struss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Sawtell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Robert O. Crandall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Johnny Weissmüller and Brenda Joyce and Johnny Sheffield carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "An Exotic Beauty Rules The Jungle !".

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The take

Kurt Neumann directs. Karl Struss behind the camera. Paul Sawtell scores. Robert O. Crandall cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kurt Neumann, shot by Karl Struss. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Paul Sawtell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Robert O. Crandall shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Johnny Weissmüller and Brenda Joyce and Johnny Sheffield carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "An Exotic Beauty Rules The Jungle !".
9IMDB entry: tt0039011 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Karl Struss
Original score: Paul Sawtell
Editing: Robert O. Crandall
Production design: Phil Paradise
Makeup / hair: Irving Berns
Runtime: 72 min · 1h 12m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946)

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

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Wuchak2026-03-07
★ 6/10
Weissmuller plays Tarzan for the tenth time at the age of 41 He would only perform the role two more times before transferring to the similar role of Jungle Jim for sixteen movies from 1948-1955. Maureen O'Sullivan was long gone as Jane, a part she played six times, stating that she was bored with the role and afraid of working with the chimpanzee playing Cheeta (back then we didn’t know how dangerous chimps were, but Maureen trusted her instincts). “Tarzan and His Mate” (1934) was the second one in Weissmuller’s stint and is usually cited as the best in the series, which was also Maureen’s second time playing Jane. It was released just before The Hays Code was implemented and therefore contains surprising nudity. This one came out a dozen years later and is run-of-the-mill by comparison, which isn’t helped by the kid-friendly bits involving Cheeta and Boy. However, when you think about it, Burroughs’ books included Tarzan’s monkey pal Nkima and, eventually, his son Korak. They’re just replaced by Cheeta and Boy in the Weissmuller flicks. While the movie’s plot wasn’t based on Burroughs’ novel Tarzan and the Leopard Men, the leopard men in the movie certainly recall that book. Meanwhile the high priestess of the Leopard cult, Lea, is reminiscent of La, the queen of the lost city of Opar, just with dark hair. Brenda Joyce was the successor to O’Sullivan as Jane and would perform the role five times. With her “golden hair” she looks more like Jane from the books. She’s winsome enough and was 28 years-old at the time of shooting, looking great in her one-piece jungle outfit. Also on the feminine front is Acquanetta as the high priestess of the leopard men, Lea. She was 24 during shooting and billed by Universal as “The Venezuelan Volcano” when, actually, she was a light-skinned African American, obviously with quite a bit of Caucasian blood running through her veins, not to mention Arapaho. In any case, she’s surprisingly the only black person on screen seeing as how the tribal people all look Caucasian or Hispanic and so forth (!). There are some clever bits in the screenplay. For instance, the high priestess’ little brother, Kimba, intends to prove his mettle as a warrior by ripping out the heart of the woman he calls “golden hair.” After Tarzan and Boy depart, Jane is alone at the tree bungalow with Kimba to whom she says: “You're a boy after my own heart.” He freezes, not familiar with the English idiom. It runs 1h 12m and was shot in the heart of summer 1945 at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden, as well as RKO ‘jungle’ studios and sound stages in Hollywood. Two weeks into shooting, America nuked Hiroshima on August 6th. GRADE: B-/C+

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