Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

143 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | March 30, 1984

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

143 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance | March 30, 1984

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., WEA Records
Original title Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Directors Hugh Hudson
Writers Michael Austin, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Towne

Cast

Ralph Richardson

as The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm

as Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox

as Lord Charles Esker

Christopher Lambert

as John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell

as Miss Jane Porter

Cheryl Campbell

as Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson

as Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport

as Major Jack Downing

Nicholas Farrell

as Sir Hugh Belcher

Paul Geoffrey

as Lord John Clayton

Richard Griffiths

as Captain Billings

Hilton McRae

as Willy

David Suchet

as Buller

Ravinder

as Dean

John Wells

as Sir Evelyn Blount

Paul Brooke

as Rev Stimson

Tristram Jellinek

as Chalky White

Roddy Maude-Roxby

as Olivestone

Eric Langlois

as Tarzan aged 12

Danny Potts

as Tarzan Aged 5

Peter Kyriakou

as Tarzan aged 1

Tali McGregor

as Infant Tarzan

Peter Elliott

as Silverbeard, Primate Father

Ailsa Berk

as Kala, Primate Mother

John Alexander

as White Eyes, Primate Leader

Christopher Beck

as Droopy Ears, Tarzan's Childhood Friend

Mak Wilson

as Figs, Tarzan's Follower

Deep Roy

as Primate

Kiran Shah

as Primate

Philip Tan

as Primate

Tina Maskell

as Primate

David Forman

as Primate

Martin Pallot

as Primate

Douglas Mann

as Primate

George Antoni

as Primate

Harriet Thorpe

as Iris (uncredited)