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Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
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  2. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

1984
2h 23m
Adventure
Drama
Action

Status

Released

Release

1984

Runtime

2h 23m

Where to Watch

Available options inUS

Provider type

Rent

5
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home

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Storyline

A shipping disaster in the 19th Century has stranded a man and woman in the wilds of Africa. The lady is pregnant, and gives birth to a son in their tree house. Soon after, a family of apes stumble across the house and in the ensuing panic, both parents are killed. A female ape takes the tiny boy as a replacement for her own dead infant, and raises him as her son. Twenty years later, Captain Phillippe D'Arnot discovers the man who thinks he is an ape. Evidence in the tree house leads him to believe that he is the direct descendant of the Earl of Greystoke, and thus takes it upon himself to return the man to civilization.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
2h 23m
Mar 30, 1984
Languages
English
Director
Hugh Hudson
Hugh Hudson
Production
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc.
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures
WEA Records
WEA Records
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America

Top Cast

40 Cast Members

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert

John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes

Andie MacDowell

Andie MacDowell

Miss Jane Porter

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

The Sixth Earl of Greystoke

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot

James Fox

James Fox

Lord Charles Esker

Cheryl Campbell

Cheryl Campbell

Lady Alice Clayton

Ian Charleson

Ian Charleson

Jeffson Brown

Nigel Davenport

Nigel Davenport

Major Jack Downing

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

Sir Hugh Belcher

Richard Griffiths

Richard Griffiths

Captain Billings

Paul Geoffrey

Paul Geoffrey

Lord John Clayton

Hilton McRae

Hilton McRae

Willy

David Suchet

David Suchet

Buller

Ravinder

Dean

John Wells

Sir Evelyn Blount

Paul Brooke

Paul Brooke

Rev Stimson

Tristram Jellinek

Tristram Jellinek

Chalky White

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Roddy Maude-Roxby

Olivestone

Eric Langlois

Tarzan aged 12

Danny Potts

Tarzan Aged 5

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