After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.After dispatching a ruthless hunter who traps animals for gain, Tarzan must contend with his brother who is out for revenge.
Leslie Bradley
- Schroeder
- (as Lesley Bradley)
Scatman Crothers
- Tyana
- (as Sherman Crothers)
Gil Perkins
- Sikes' Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Charles F. Haas
- Sandy Howard
- H. Bruce Humberstone(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaUK channel Talking Pictures TV have acquired an updated print of this movie, substantially different to the version previously available on video and DVD. The main title and the first story involving trapper Schroeder are the same as before. However, the second story relating to evil hunter Sikes is abandoned almost as soon as it begins. After Sikes announces his plan for a big showdown with Tarzan, the footage suddenly moves on to edited highlights of The Jungle Book (1955) starring Vera Miles and Peter van Eyck. Neither Miles nor Van Eyck receive any screen credit in this version, and nobody bothers to explain why Sikes has suddenly disappeared from the story. Jane also vanishes from the rest of the film, which is handy for Tarzan who proceeds to give Vera Miles a bed bath.
- GoofsTarzan breaks the chain holding the baby elephant to the tree, leaving one end fastened around the elephant's leg, but a moment later we see the elephant walking away with no chain on his leg.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dark Jungle Theater: Tarzan and the Trappers (2016)
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A Tarzan for the Eisenhower Years
The Tarzan you grow up is likely to always be "your" Tarzan, so for the generation which came of age in the 1950s, that means Gordon Scott. He might not have been the best Tarzan, (that's always a matter of debate), but he was certainly a good one. His "Tarzan and the Trappers" is a minor work, apparently stitched together from some TV episodes, but it demonstrates how the Tarzan character reflects the changing moods of the times.
In this case, the times are the Eisenhower Years and so Tarzan, Jane, and Boy come across here as a typical suburban family not that far removed from, say, "Ozzie and Harriet." Of course, the father in this particular family seems to speak with a third-grade education and he must spend an awful lot of time in the gym, but these are minor points.
"Tarzan and the Trappers" also reflects the prudish morality of the 1950s. Tarzan and Jane, for example, seem to have two side-by-side but separate treehouses which allows for "proper" sleeping arrangements. Care has also been taken to downplay Tarzan's sexuality, moving him away from his powerful masculinity toward a tamer, almost neutered status. Gordon Scott's loincloth, for instance, rides high enough on his torso to completely hide his navel, which must have caused some problems during filming. ("Sorry, Gordon, you'll have to do it again. We saw your belly button.") And in that inevitable scene in which Tarzan is captured and put into bondage, his arms stretched up and tied high above his head, we see that Gordon Scott's armpits have been carefully shaved. Apparently male body hair, either on the chest or in the armpits, was a "no no" because it emphasized the actor's sexual nature. Despite these efforts to "housebreak" and "domesticate" Tarzan, however, Gordon Scott still manages to exude an undeniable appeal and for us Eisenhower kids, he'll always be "our" Tarzan.
In this case, the times are the Eisenhower Years and so Tarzan, Jane, and Boy come across here as a typical suburban family not that far removed from, say, "Ozzie and Harriet." Of course, the father in this particular family seems to speak with a third-grade education and he must spend an awful lot of time in the gym, but these are minor points.
"Tarzan and the Trappers" also reflects the prudish morality of the 1950s. Tarzan and Jane, for example, seem to have two side-by-side but separate treehouses which allows for "proper" sleeping arrangements. Care has also been taken to downplay Tarzan's sexuality, moving him away from his powerful masculinity toward a tamer, almost neutered status. Gordon Scott's loincloth, for instance, rides high enough on his torso to completely hide his navel, which must have caused some problems during filming. ("Sorry, Gordon, you'll have to do it again. We saw your belly button.") And in that inevitable scene in which Tarzan is captured and put into bondage, his arms stretched up and tied high above his head, we see that Gordon Scott's armpits have been carefully shaved. Apparently male body hair, either on the chest or in the armpits, was a "no no" because it emphasized the actor's sexual nature. Despite these efforts to "housebreak" and "domesticate" Tarzan, however, Gordon Scott still manages to exude an undeniable appeal and for us Eisenhower kids, he'll always be "our" Tarzan.
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Tarzan and the Trappers (1960) officially released in Canada in English?
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