Tarzan Goes to India

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Tarzan Goes to India
Directed by	John Guillermin
Produced by	Sy Weintraub
Written by	Robert Hardy Andrews based on the character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Starring	Jock Mahoney Leo Gordon Mark Dana Feroz Khan
Distributed by	Solar Films Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	July 1962
Running time	mins
Language	English
Preceded by	Tarzan the Magnificent
Followed by	Tarzan's Three Challenges
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Tarzan Goes to India (1962) is the first film featuring Jock Mahoney as Tarzan. It was written by Robert Hardy Andrews and directed by John Guillermin who also directed Tarzan's Greatest Adventure. It was one of two Mahoney films that took Tarzan out of Africa and sent him to the far east.

[edit] Plot

Tarzan is called to India to save three hundred elephants that will be drowned if a dam is open to create a man-made lake to power an electric plant. Tarzan is pitted against two engineers who ignore the catastrophic results their work will create.

[edit] Additional Cast

The film also stars Indian Bollywood actors Feroz Khan, Simi Garewal and Murad in pivotal roles. It was followed by a sequel Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) which was set in Thailand.

v • d • e Tarzan movies

Silent films	Tarzan of the Apes (1918) • The Romance of Tarzan (1918) • The Revenge of Tarzan (1920) • The Son of Tarzan (1920) • The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) • Tarzan the Mighty (1928) • Tarzan the Tiger (1929)

Early MGM-RKO series films (Johnny Weissmuller)	Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) • Tarzan and His Mate (1934) • Tarzan Escapes (1936) • Tarzan Finds a Son! (1939) • Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941) • Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) • Tarzan Triumphs (1943) • Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943) • Tarzan and the Amazons (1945) • Tarzan and the Leopard Woman (1946) • Tarzan and the Huntress (1947) • Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)

Later RKO series films and independent films	Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949) • Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950) • Tarzan's Peril (1951) • Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) • Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953) • Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955) • Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) • Tarzan and the Trappers (1958) • Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) • Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) • Tarzan the Magnificent (1960) • Tarzan Goes to India (1962) • Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963) • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (1966) • Tarzan and the Great River (1967) • Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968) • Tarzan's Deadly Silence (1970)

Competing films	Tarzan the Fearless (1933) • The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) (in both film serial and feature film formats) • Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938) • Tarzan’s Revenge (1938) • Tarzan, the Ape Man (1959)

Later films	Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) • Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) • Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) • Tarzan of the Apes (1999) • Tarzan (1999) • Tarzan & Jane (2002) • Tarzan II (2005)