Ismail Yassine Tarazane (1958) Poster

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Egyptian Tarzan burlesque
Mozjoukine31 March 2019
Warning: Spoilers
For someone outside the target audience, this is mainly a novelty.

The quarreling heirs are told by the family lawyer that the estate will pass to Tiger, the jungle man. A few stock shots include a graphic view of a boa constrictor attacking a python and they are in Africa in search of Tarzan ("The one from the movies?") who turns up in the person of star comic Yasseen accompanied by his fiancée Chetah, an acrobat in a monkey suit and mask.

Brought back home the pair are feted by the greedy relatives, though only Feyrooz, "the beauty" who gets a song, is interested in hero's welfare, arousing Chetah's jealousy.

The family provide a scene where where comforts appear as if by magic and the daughter sets out to seduce our hero now in a suit and speaking Egyptian. She pops up everywhere he goes and claims that he has had his will of her letting out the wedding chant. Best gag is the painted hand which pops out of the edge of the picture to guide him.

Escaping to a hotel where they are impressed by his new wealth, Yasseen makes the band and guests go into hyper drive.

With the help of Cheta who has accepted his choice of mate, he determines to rescue Feyrooz locked up in the family home, defeating the weight lifter bodyguard they have hired.

Back in the jungle with Feyrooz and their child in their skin outfits, they greet the lawyer and give him the half of the fortune left after donations to charity.

The handling is basic but brisk and the budget appears adequate with experienced comics mugging away in glossy decors. It even runs to some soso special effects where they split screen Yasseen or his double running speeded in one half with a fuzzy line down the join or his last appearance in the hotel sequence in front of a process screen.

A basic entertainment, this doesn't tax the star.
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