The Tarzan Desert Mystery is a 1943 film starring Johnny Weissmuller and Nancy Kelly, and directed by Wilhelm Thiele.
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Plot
Like its predecessor, Tarzan Triumphs, the film refers to the Tarzan couple, Jane, playing in Weissmuller's previous movie by Maureen O'Sullivan, but not showing it on screen. The explanation given is that he in England helped the war effort. (When Jane's character finally returns in the next Tarzan movie, she is played by Brenda Joyce, not O'Sullivan.)
The film is about Tarzan search, at Jane's urging, to find rare African serums to help Allied forces. Tarzan's boy, Boy, managed to come along when the apeman headed for the Sahara, and the two soon joined a horse and an American witch, played by Nancy Kelly.
The story is mostly fantasy adventure - with the "Arabian Nights" - a horrible Nazi style of style and spy - but also includes comic elements and even science fiction. The critics complained that it was aimed more at teenagers from previous Tarzan movies.
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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 Judge
- Philip Van Zandt as Kushmet
External links
- The Mystery of the Tarzan Desert in the American Film Film Catalog
- The Mystery of the Tarzan Desert in the TCM Film Database
- The Mystery of the Tarzan Desert on IMDb
- The Mystery of the Tarzan Desert at AllMovie
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