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Tarzan in Manhattan

Tarzan in Manhattan

★ 4,1 /10 (23 Votes)
1989 EN 94 min

Overview

Tarzan goes to New York to rescue the chimp Cheetah, who has been captured by an evil animal experimenter. There, he teams up with Jane, a cab driver and daughter of an ex-cop private eye, who help Tarzan free Cheetah and his friends.

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Release date

15/04/1989

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23

Popularity

1.0

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

94 min

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2026-10-10

⭐ 7

***Tarzan travels to The Big Apple to find Cheeta*** The first half is surprisingly great, as entertaining as any Tarzan flick you care to mention, just on a television movie budget. Burroughs’ character is transplanted to the 1980s, so expect some deviations from the 1914 novel. Joe Lara was the eighteenth actor overall to portray the Ape Man and would go on to play the part in the 1996-1997 TV series Tarzan: The Epic Adventures for 22 episodes. Petite brunette Kim Crosby is cute as Jane Porter, but she only dabbled in acting, so you’ll be hard pressed to see her in anything else. Tony …

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