Tarzan and the Lost Safari

Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Tarzan and the Lost Safari movie poster
Directed byBruce Humberstone
Written byMontgomery Pittman
Lillie Hayward
Based onCharacters created
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced byJohn Croydon
Sol Lesser
StarringGordon Scott
Robert Beatty
Yolande Donlan
Betta St. John
CinematographyC. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited byBill Lewthwaite
Music byClifton Parker
Production
company
Sol Lesser/Solar Films
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • April 12, 1957 (1957-04-12)
Running time
86 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,315,000[1]

Tarzan and the Lost Safari is a 1957 action adventure film featuring Edgar Rice Burroughs' famous jungle hero Tarzan and starring Gordon Scott, Robert Beatty, Yolande Donlan and Betta St. John. Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, it was the first Tarzan film released in color, Eastman Color.[2] The nineteenth film of the Tarzan film series that began with 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man and the first produced by MGM since 1942, it was filmed in Nairobi, British East Africa. The character of Jane does not appear in this motion picture. Released April 12, 1957, it was followed by Tarzan and the Trappers in 1958.

  1. ^ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
  2. ^ Fury, David (1994). Kings of the Jungle: An Illustrated Reference to Tarzan on Screen and Television. McFarland & Co. pp. 161–165. ISBN 0-89950-771-9. Retrieved 16 January 2024.