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Tarzan's Desert Mystery

1943 · 70 min

A breezy, cheerful jungle serial full of chases, animal sidekicks and cardboard villains, easy to watch and never taking itself seriously.

Directed by
Wilhelm Thiele
Genres
Action, Adventure
Tagline
CHEER as Boy and Cheetah outwit Tarzan's captors!
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Wilhelm Thiele
Genres
Action, Adventure
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • deception
  • family
  • war
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour4
Realism2
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

In this series

Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection

  1. Tarzan the Ape ManMovie · 1932
  2. Tarzan and His MateMovie · 1934
  3. Tarzan EscapesMovie · 1936
  4. Tarzan Finds a Son!Movie · 1939
  5. Tarzan's Secret TreasureMovie · 1941
  6. Tarzan's New York AdventureMovie · 1942
  7. Tarzan's Desert MysteryMovie · 1943 This title
  8. Tarzan and the AmazonsMovie · 1945
  9. Tarzan and the Leopard WomanMovie · 1946
  10. Tarzan and the HuntressMovie · 1947
  11. Tarzan and the MermaidsMovie · 1948

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Genres
action, adventure
Directed by
Wilhelm Thiele
Written by
Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Starring
Johnny Weissmüller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger, Joe Sawyer, Lloyd Corrigan, Robert Lowery, Frank Puglia
Cinematography
Harry J. Wild, Russell Harlan
Runtime
70 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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