First appearance of Mike Henry as Tarzan
Thanks to his career as a football player, Mike Henry (1936-2021) was physically perfect for the role of Tarzan. The three films that were released with him by low-budget distributor AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES are characterized by a wild mixture of different elements.
The story takes place in Mexico, and at first Tarzan acts like a typical secret agent from the 1960s. Only when the lion, leopard and chimpanzee come into play is the loincloth revealed. And then off we go into the jungle! Of course there is also a little boy there, an Inca tribe living in isolation and a crazy criminal (David Opatoshu, the Mr. Jacobi from the GDR bus in TORN CURTAIN by Alfred HITCHCOCK), who uses explosives to send his opponents into the afterlife. Of course he also has a beautiful girlfriend (Nancy Kovack, who lived in Munich for a few years as Zubin Mehta's wife) and a broadly built bodyguard (Don Megowan, alongside GERMAN FILM AWARD winner Hildegarde NEFF in the Italian adventure film LA STRADA DEI GIGANTI). With which Tarzan can fight so wonderfully.
So: turn off your head and don't let the mess get too close to you! Then you will be quite entertained by this and the other two Tarzan films with the giant Mike Henry.
Thanks to his career as a football player, Mike Henry (1936-2021) was physically perfect for the role of Tarzan. The three films that were released with him by low-budget distributor AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PICTURES are characterized by a wild mixture of different elements.
The story takes place in Mexico, and at first Tarzan acts like a typical secret agent from the 1960s. Only when the lion, leopard and chimpanzee come into play is the loincloth revealed. And then off we go into the jungle! Of course there is also a little boy there, an Inca tribe living in isolation and a crazy criminal (David Opatoshu, the Mr. Jacobi from the GDR bus in TORN CURTAIN by Alfred HITCHCOCK), who uses explosives to send his opponents into the afterlife. Of course he also has a beautiful girlfriend (Nancy Kovack, who lived in Munich for a few years as Zubin Mehta's wife) and a broadly built bodyguard (Don Megowan, alongside GERMAN FILM AWARD winner Hildegarde NEFF in the Italian adventure film LA STRADA DEI GIGANTI). With which Tarzan can fight so wonderfully.
So: turn off your head and don't let the mess get too close to you! Then you will be quite entertained by this and the other two Tarzan films with the giant Mike Henry.