
Tarzan and the Huntress
Tarzan and the Huntress is a 1947 American adventure film starring Johnny Weissmuller in his eleventh outing as Tarzan. Brenda Joyce makes the third of five appearances as Jane and Johnny Sheffield marks his eighth and final appearance as Boy. Patricia Morison and Barton MacLane co-star. The film was produced by Sol Lesser and Kurt Neumann, written by Jerry Gruskin and Rowland Leigh (based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs) and directed by Kurt Neumann. It was released on April 5, 1947. Notable for featuring one of only a handful of screenplays co-written by UK author Leslie Charteris, creator of the pulp fiction character Simon Templar (a.k.a., The Saint).; it was the last screenplay for a Hollywood film credited to Charteris.
Plot
Due to a shortage of animals in American zoos following World War II, Tanya Rawlins, a big-game "huntress," Carl Marley, her financial backer and Paul Weir, a cruel trail boss, are given permission by King Farrod, to capture a male and female of each species of animal on his land.
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author | Leslie Charteris Rowland Leigh |
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director | Kurt Neumann |
editor | Merrill G. White |
genre | adventure fantasy |
keywords | crocodile elephant financial backer kill lion cub river specie trap world war ii |
musicBy | Paul Sawtell |
producer | Kurt Neumann Sol Lesser |
productionCompany | Sol Lesser Productions |
publisher | RKO Radio Pictures |
theme | sequel |