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Classic tale of the wild man raised by apes in the African jungle after his explorer parents are shipwrecked and then die while he is still a baby. Rediscovered by adventurers when he has grown to manhood, he is returned to the strange and unfamiliar world of the British aristocracy and discovers that, despite a doting grandfather and a female admirer, civilisation can be a cruel place

Alternative title(s):

Greystoke: La Légende de Tarzan, seigneur des singes
Greystoke: La Leyenda de Tarzán Rey de los Simios

Keywords:

Adventure, Drama, Romance, Family, Based-on-Novel, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1984) (UK) (3 Star)

Cast:

Ralph Richardson	.... Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm	.... Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox	.... Lord Charles Esker
Christopher Lambert	.... John Clayton/Tarzan Lord of the Apes
Andie MacDowell	.... Jane Porter
Cheryl Campbell	.... Lady Alice Clayton

Supporting Cast:

Ian Charleson	.... Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport	.... Major Jack Downing
Nicholas Farrell	.... Sir Hugh Belcher
Paul Geoffrey	.... Lord John Clayton
Richard Griffiths	.... Captain Billings
Hilton McRae	.... Willy
David Suchet	.... Buller
John Wells	.... Sir Evelyn Blount
Paul Brooke	.... The Rev. Stimson

Directors:

Hugh Hudson

Writers:

Edgar Rice Burroughs
Robert Towne

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