Tarzan in Manhattan

Infobox Film
name = Tarzan in Manhattan
writer = Anna Sandor
William Gough
based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
starring = Joe Lara
Kim Crosby
Tony Curtis
Jan Michael Vincent
director = Michael Schultz
producer = Max A. Keller
Micheline H. Keller
Gina Scheerer
music = Charles Fox
distributor = CBS
aired = April 15, 1989
runtime = 94 mins.
language = English
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0098444

"Tarzan in Manhattan" (1989) is an action adventure CBS television movie. Joe Lara portrays Tarzan, and Kim Crosby appears as Jane Porter. Tony Curtis and Jan Michael Vincent co-star. The telefilm was produced by Max A. Keller, Micheline H. Keller and Gina Scheerer, written by Anna Sandor and William Gough (based on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs), and directed by Michael Schultz. It aired on April 15, 1989.

Plot

Tarzan leaves Africa and goes to present-day New York City to seek vengeance for the murder of his Ape mother Kala, and to rescue Cheeta who was taken by hunters working for the Brightmore Foundation. Soon Tarzan discovers this supposed philanthropic organization is conducting illegal tests on animal brains in an effort to transfer the thoughts and knowledge of one creature to another, and he sets out to rescue the animals and expose Brightmore. He is aided by Jane Porter (a cab driver, played by Kim Crosby) and her father, Archimedes "Archie" Porter (Tony Curtis), a retired police officer, now the head of his own security agency.

With Brightmore's operations shut down, Jane joins her father's security agency, and both talk Tarzan into coming onboard at minimum wage, but with all the bananas Cheeta can eat.

Production

Joe Lara also later starred in "", an otherwise unrelated interpretation of the character.

oundtrack

Warren Zevon's "Leave My Monkey Alone" is featured prominently as Tarzan's plane flies over prominent New York landmarks.

elect Cast

*Joe Lara as Tarzan
*Kim Crosby as Jane Porter, reluctant ally of Tarzan
*Tony Curtis as Archimedes "Archie" Porter, Jane's father
*Jan Michael Vincent as B. B. Brightmore, villain who kidnaps animals for illicit research
*Joe Seneca as Joseph, African storekeeper, mentor and friend to Tarzan

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