| Tarzan Triumphs | |
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| Directed by | Wilhelm Thiele |
| Written by | Carroll Young (story and screenplay) Roy Chanslor (screenplay) |
| Based on | Characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs |
| Produced by | Sol Lesser (exec. producer) Wilhelm Thiele (uncredited assoc. producer) |
| Starring | Johnny Weissmuller Johnny Sheffield Frances Gifford Stanley Ridges |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Edited by | Harry Horner |
| Music by | Paul Sawtell |
| Distributed by | RKO Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.5 million (US rentals)[1] |
Tarzan Triumphs is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Germans during World War II. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol Lesser at RKO Pictures.[2] Lesser had previously produced Tarzan the Fearless and Tarzan's Revenge. Weissmuller was reunited with two of his three co-stars from several of the earlier films; Johnny Sheffield and Cheeta, but Maureen O'Sullivan was unable to reprise her role as Jane because the franchise switched from MGM to RKO, and O'Sullivan was an MGM contract player.[3] Instead, Frances Gifford played the princess of the lost city of Palandrya, which is conquered by Germans.
- ^ "Top Grossers of the Season", Variety, 5 January 1944 p 54
- ^ Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 98–103. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ "Notes for Tarzan Triumphs (1943)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 2022-09-02.