Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)

  • PG
  • 03/30/1984 (US)
  • Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
  • 2h 23m

Overview

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.

Hugh Hudson

Director

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Novel

Michael Austin

Writer

Robert Towne

Writer

Cast

Ralph Richardson's headshot

Ralph Richardson

The Sixth Earl of Greystoke
Ian Holm's headshot

Ian Holm

Capitaine Phillippe D'Arnot
James Fox's headshot

James Fox

Lord Charles Esker
Christopher Lambert's headshot

Christopher Lambert

John Clayton / Tarzan, Lord of the Apes
Andie MacDowell's headshot

Andie MacDowell

Miss Jane Porter
Cheryl Campbell's headshot

Cheryl Campbell

Lady Alice Clayton
Ian Charleson's headshot

Ian Charleson

Jeffson Brown
Nigel Davenport's headshot

Nigel Davenport

Major Jack Downing

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