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Released
1932 · FILM

Tarzan the Ape Man

Mothered by an ape—he knew only the law of the jungle—to seize what he wanted!

Directed by
Runtime
100 min
ActionAdventureRomance
Streaming on
  • Paramount+

Synopsis

James Parker and Harry Holt are on an expedition in Africa, seeking the elephant burial grounds that could provide enough ivory to make them rich. Parker's daughter, Jane, unexpectedly joins them. After being abducted by Tarzan and his ape companions, Jane is terrified, but upon returning to her father's expedition, she begins to have second thoughts about leaving Tarzan.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Tom HeldShot by Clyde De Vinna

Box Office

1932 · Box office

Produced on a $653K budget

Production budget

$653K

Also known as

  • Tarzan, der Affenmenschde
  • Tarzán de los monoses
  • Tarzan, l'homme singefr
  • Tarzan l'uomo scimmiait

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