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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (Original title)
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 27 July 1959 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: John Guillermin

Synopsis: Tarzan goes in pursuit of a gang who are in search of diamonds.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Crime

Subject:
Tarzan
Credits (33)
Production Company: Solar Films, Presents: Sy Weintraub, Presents: Harvey Hayutin, Made with the co-operation of: East African Film Services, Produced by: Sy Weintraub, Production Manager: John Palmer, Production Assistant: Grace M'corry, Assistant Director: Peter Bolton, 2nd Assistant Director: Otto Plaschkes, Continuity: Kay Rawlings, Casting: Nora Roberts, Screenplay by: Berne Giler, Screenplay by: John Guillermin, From a story by: Les Crutchfield, Based upon the characters created by: Edgar Rice Burroughs, Director of Photography: Ted Scaife, Additional Photography: Skeets Kelly, Camera Operator: Gerry Fisher, Camera Operator: Nick Roeg, Clapper: Ronnie Fox-Rogers, Editor: Bert Rule, Art Director: Michael Stringer, Assistant Art Director: Peter Murton, Make-up: Tony Sforzini, Hairdressing: Gordon Bond, Music Composed and Conducted by: Douglas Gamley, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: Charles Knott, Sound Recording: Bob Jones, Dubbing Editor: Ted Mason, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast (7)
Gordon Scott (Tarzan), Anthony Quayle (Slade), Sara Shane (Angie), Niall MacGinnis (Kruger), Sean Connery (O'Bannion), Al Mulock (Dino), Scilla Gabel (Toni)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (10)
In: Classic Images n230 August 1994  Pages: 13-14,16
Title: Gordon Scott...truly a magnificent TarzanAuthor: FURY, David Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Background career notes for Gordon Scott and a description of the action in TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE (1959) in which Scott played Tarzan.

In: Films in Review v40 n3 March 1989  Pages: 146-154
Title: [Films in Review - v40 n3 March 1989: no known title]Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Third part of survey of the TARZAN films, covering the per- iod of the 1960s to date, and listing all of the TARZAN films-and actors, from 1918 onwards, together with the 'Tar- zan' books by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

In: Films in Review v40 n2 February 1989  Pages: 76-86
Title: Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (part II)Author: ANEZ, Nicholas Article type: ReviewLanguage: English
Description: A review essay on TARZAN'S GREATEST ADVENTURE and TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT.

In: Variety 17 Jun 1959
Title: [Variety - 17 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: The Film Daily v115 n119 23 Jun 1959  Page: 6
Title: [The Film Daily - v115 n119 23 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n306 July 1959  Page: 92
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n306 July 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v215 n12 20 Jun 1959  Page: 308
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v215 n12 20 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n8164 10 Jun 1959  Page: 9
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8164 10 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v155 n27 17 Jun 1959  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v155 n27 17 Jun 1959: no known title]Language: English

In:   Page: 11
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