Tarzan's Desert Mystery

Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
Directed by	Wilhelm Thiele
Written by	Carroll Young (story); Edward T. Lowe Jr.
Based on	Characters created; by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced by	Sol Lesser
Starring	Johnny Weissmuller; Nancy Kelly
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild; Russell Harlan
Edited by	Ray H. Lockert
Music by	Paul Sawtell
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	December 26, 1943;
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Tarzan's Desert Mystery is a 1943 American Tarzan film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and starring Johnny Weissmuller and Nancy Kelly.

Like its immediate predecessor, Tarzan Triumphs, the film mentions Tarzan's mate, Jane, but does not show her on screen. The explanation for her absence, as in the earlier film, is that she is still in the United Kingdom helping the war effort. (Maureen O'Sullivan had played Jane in the first six of Weissmuller's Tarzan films, but when the character of Jane returned after a two-picture absence, she was played by Brenda Joyce, not O'Sullivan.)

Plot[]

At the urging of Jane, who is helping British war effort, Tarzan is tasked to locate a rare plant-derived serum to help Allied troops during World War II. Tarzan's son, Boy, manages to tag along as the ape man journeys into the Sahara, and the two are soon joined by a rambunctious horse and a travelling magician (Nancy Kelly). As they seek the area of North Africa where the plant grows, they run into trouble with Nazi spies who are trying to take over a small Arab kingdom.

Cast[]

Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan
Nancy Kelly as Connie Bryce
Johnny Sheffield as Boy
Otto Kruger as Paul Hendrix
Joe Sawyer as Karl Straeder
Lloyd Corrigan as Sheik Abdul El Khim
Robert Lowery as Prince Selim
Frank Puglia as Magistrate
Philip Van Zandt as Kushmet
Bobby Barber as Turban Vendor (uncredited)
John Berkes as Charlie (uncredited)
John Dehner as Prince Ameer (uncredited)
Frank Faylen as Achmed (uncredited)
George J. Lewis as Ali Baba Hassan (uncredited)
Nestor Paiva as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Syd Saylor as Bewildered Camel Herdsman (uncredited)

External links[]

Tarzan's Desert Mystery at the American Film Institute Catalog
Tarzan's Desert Mystery at the TCM Movie Database
Tarzan's Desert Mystery at IMDb
Tarzan's Desert Mystery at AllMovie
ERBzine Silver Screen: Tarzan's Desert Mystery

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