Jock Mahoney in TARZAN GOES TO INDIA and TARZAN’S THREE CHALLENGES are now available On Blu-ray from Warner Archives! Ordering information can be found HERE
TARZAN GOES TO INDIA (1962)
No need to land the plane when Tarzan flies to India. Just fly over an inland lake and the loin-clothed hero will leap into its blue depths! Jock Mahoney, who two years earlier portrayed Tarzan’s foe in Tarzan the Magnificent, makes his splashy debut as Tarzan in this tale about the Ape-Man’s rescue of elephants who will be doomed when a newly built dam unleashes its waters. John Guillermin (Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure, The Towering Inferno) directs, combining colorful subcontinent locales with battles large and thunderous (massive bull elephants), small and fierce (cobra versus mongoose), cunning and treacherous (Tarzan against human foes). No matter where the jungle, there is but one jungle lord!
John Guillermin (Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure) directs this tale of action and intrigue in the subcontinent. Tarzan (Jock Mahoney) is summoned to come to the aid of a parade of pachyderms endangered by the development of a dam. Sy Weintraub continues his slate of sophisticated Tarzan adventures that frames the action with a frank look at the costs – and the need – for progress in the developing world and greater environmental protection. Aided by Jai the Elephant Boy and the mighty elephant Gajandrah, Tarzan’s quest to save animal and flood refugee alike swings it way onto Blu-ray Disc looking as verdant and virile as ever. 16×9 Letterbox
TARZAN’S THREE CHALLENGES (1963)
“No stranger from Africa can turn the course of our destiny.” But never underestimate a stranger named Tarzan (Jock Mahoney). Over miles and obstacles, he will lead a young heir to Thailand’s spiritual throne to his ordination and undo warlord Khan’s (Woody Strode) plot to secure the title for his son. First however, the Ape-Man must prove to the heir that he is Tarzan by passing tests of skill, strength and wisdom. Ahead lies a still greater challenge: Tarzan vs. Khan in a bungee-jumping, sword-clanging, flame-dancing death duel! This second and last of Mahoney’s Tarzans (filmed to colorful effect in Thailand) was not without real-life challenges: Illness caused Mahoney to lose 40 pounds from his taut, athletic frame.
Tarzan (Jock Mahoney) continues his intercontinental goodwill tour, journeying to the jungles of Thailand to aid the young heir to the land’s spiritual throne. Throwing challenges to Tarzan and the boy’s ascension is the heir’s uncle, the warlord Khan (Woody Strode). It will take all of the Jungle Lord’s feral skill set to come out ahead in this series of vine-jumping, sword fighting, and flame dancing death duels. And it all comes vividly to life on this terrific new high definition presentation! 16×9 Letterbox
