Tarzan's Peril

Tarzan's Peril
Theatrical poster
Directed byByron Haskin
Based onCharacters created
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Produced bySol Lesser
StarringLex Barker
Virginia Huston
Dorothy Dandridge
CinematographyKarl Struss
Edited byJack Murray
Music byMichel Michelet
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • March 10, 1951 (1951-03-10) (US)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Tarzan's Peril is a 1951 film directed by Byron Haskin and starring Lex Barker as Tarzan and Virginia Huston as Jane, and featuring Dorothy Dandridge as "Melmendi, Queen of the Ashuba." The fifteenth film of the Tarzan film series that began with 1932's Tarzan the Ape Man, some of it was shot in Kenya, making it the first Tarzan film to be filmed in Africa, though the majority of its location shooting was done in the United States. Critics praised the convincing integration of the African and American footage. The film is frequently shown under the alternative titles Jungle Queen and Tarzan and the Jungle Queen, and was followed by Tarzan's Savage Fury in 1952.