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Tarzan and the Trappers (1958)
Gordon Scott
Film number 4 of 6 in the Scott series

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CREDITS

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Tarzan and the Trappers  (1958)
Sol Lesser Productions
Directers: Charles F. Haas and Sandy Howard
Writers: Frederick Schlick and Robert Leach
Runtime: 70 min
Color: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1
Sound Mix: Mono
Filming Locations: Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

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CAST

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Gordon Scott ...  Tarzan
 Eve Brent ...  Jane
 Rickie Sorensen ...  Boy
 Leslie Bradley ...  Schroeder (as Lesley Bradley)
 Maurice Marsac ...  Rene
 Bruce Lester
 Naaman Brown ...  Tribesman
 Paul Thompson ...  Tribesman
 Carl Christian
 Sol Gorss ...  Sikes (as Saul Gorse)
 William Keene ...  Lapin the Trader
 Scatman Crothers ...  Tyana (as Sherman Crothers)
 Madame Sul-Te-Wan ...  Witch Woman
 Paul Stader
 Don Blackman ...  Tribesman

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PLOT

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Tarzan deals with the villainous Schroeder, who is illegally collecting animals for zoos, only to be menaced by Schroeder's hunter brother Sikes, out for revenge, who teams up with greedy trader Lapin in a hunt for human game...Tarzan himself. Re-edited from 3 episodes of a never-shown TV series, with studio action intercut with location and wildlife footage. Jane has little to do.
 
 

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TRIVIA

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Originally intended as a TV series; three episodes were re-edited into a movie.
The biggest clue this was intended to be a 1950s television show is that Tarzan and Jane each have their own tree houses and separate sleeping accomodations.
Gordon Scott has no visible body hair or navel in the movie

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CONTROVERSY

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During late 1955 and 1956, Sol Lesser formed a Tarzan television production company with Jack Denove for a proposed series for the National Broadcasting Company (NBC). When announcements were made concerning this fact, Walter White of Commodore Productions and Artists, Inc., who was the producer of the Tarzan radio show, claimed he had an agreement with ERB Inc, dated December 20, 1950, that gave him first refusal rights to television. Because of this, NBC reneged on their commitments until the rights were cleared up. Lesser then offered first refusal rights to White whose acceptance would have included the financing of the series: specifically, Gordon Scott would be paid $1,500 per episode, with a minimum of thirty-nine episodes, and Lesser would be paid $500,000 to keep his Tarzan features on the screen for eighteen months and also receive twenty percent of the profits. White could not afford this and said he would sue. Soon, he and Lesser had arrived at a mutually agreeable cash settlement that was finalized in 1958. Production on the series then commenced with the filming of three episodes. However, although Lesser and NBC tried to find a sponsor, none was found and the series did not become a reality. The three episodes already filmed were edited together to create the feature “Tarzan and the Trappers”.

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LOBBY DISPLAY

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WEB REFS

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Biography Filmography

Gallery 1 Dell

Gallery 2 Tarzan Stills

Gallery 3 Foreign Stills

Tarzan's  Hidden Jungle

Tarzan  and the Lost Safari

Tarzan's  Fight For Life

Tarzan  and the Trappers

Tarzan's  Greatest Adventure

Tarzan the Magnificent

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